Celebrating Mother’s Day with Bible verses is a beautiful way to honor and appreciate the role of mothers in our lives. Here are 30 Bible verses that highlight the importance, value, and characteristics of mothers, making them perfect for Mother’s Day:

1. Proverbs 31:25-26 – “Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.”
2. Proverbs 31:28 – “Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her.”
3. Exodus 20:12 – “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.”
4. Proverbs 31:30 – “Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.”
5. Isaiah 66:13 – “As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.”
6. Ephesians 6:2-3 – “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”
7. Proverbs 31:10-11 – “An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain.”
8. Luke 1:46-48 – “And Mary said, ‘My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed.'”
9. Proverbs 23:25 – “Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice.”
10. 3 John 1:4 – “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.”
11. Titus 2:4-5 – “That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.”
12. Proverbs 22:6 – “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.”
13. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 – “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
14. Proverbs 6:20-21 – “My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not your mother’s teaching. Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck.”
15. Deuteronomy 6:6-7 – “And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.”
16. Psalm 127:3 – “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.”
17. Philippians 4:8 – “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”
18. Psalm 139:13-14 – “For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.”
19. 2 Timothy 1:5 – “I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well.”
20. Matthew 15:4-6 – “For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,” he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition, you have made void the word of God.”
21. Luke 2:51 – “And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. And his mother treasured up all these things in her heart.”
22. Psalm 113:9 – “He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord!”
23. John 19:26-27 – “When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, ‘Woman, behold, your son!’ Then he said to the disciple, ‘Behold, your mother!’ And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.”
24. Ruth 1:16-17 – “But Ruth said, ‘Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.’”
25. 1 Samuel 1:27-28 – “For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him. Therefore I have lent him to the Lord. As long as he lives, he is lent to the Lord.” And he worshiped the Lord there.
26. Proverbs 17:6 – “Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.”
27. Psalm 131:2 – “But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.”
28. 1 Peter 3:4 – “But let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.”
29. Psalm 128:1-2 – “Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways! You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.”
30. Genesis 3:20 – “The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.”

These verses reflect the multifaceted role of mothers—guiding, loving, and nurturing their families. They can be used in Mother’s Day cards, gifts, sermons, or as part of a personal reflection to appreciate and honor the mothers in our lives.