Shelbyville Seventh-day Adventist Church

In Bible times, there was no official Mother’s Day as we know it today; however, the Bible does mention many things relating to mothers and their positive attributes. Below is a list of Bible verses that talk about these attributes.

Isaiah 66:13

“As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.”

3 John 1:4

“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.”

Proverbs 31:26

“She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness.”

Proverbs 31:28-29

“Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: ‘Many daughters have done well, but you excel them all.’”

Psalm 127:3

“Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.”

Proverbs 31:10

“Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies.”

Isaiah 49:15

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you.”

Psalm 139:13-14

“For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made...”

Proverbs 1:8-9

“My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother; for they will be a graceful ornament on your head, and chains about your neck.”

Proverbs 22:6

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”

1 Peter 3:4

“...Let it [your beauty] be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.”