"As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem."
— Isaiah 66:13 (NIV)
People who search bible verses about a mother's love want Scripture for Mother's Day, a card, or gratitude for the way a mother comforts, teaches, and stays. This page is a numbered list of fifteen passages with the NIV text and a short note on each. Parents as a theme sit under Love and parents. Children and care sit under Love and children. Family love more broadly is under Bible verses about family love. Sister bonds in the same household are under Bible verses about sisters.
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15 Bible verses about a mother's love
Isaiah 66:13. "As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem." God himself uses a mother's comfort as the picture of his own comfort. See Comfort Bible verses.
Proverbs 31:25-26. "She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue." A mother's love includes strength, dignity, and wise speech — not only soft feelings.
Proverbs 31:28. "Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her." Grateful praise is the fitting response to a mother's faithful love.
Isaiah 49:15. "Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!" A mother's compassion is the human baseline God uses to show his unforgetful love.
Exodus 20:12. "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you." Honoring a mother is a command with a promise — love expressed as honor.
Ephesians 6:1-2. "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 'Honor your father and mother'—which is the first commandment with a promise." The New Testament repeats the call to honor mother and father.
2 Timothy 1:5. "I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also." A mother's love can plant sincere faith across generations.
Proverbs 1:8-9. "Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching. They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck." A mother's teaching is meant to be kept, not discarded.
Proverbs 22:6. "Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it." Mother-love includes starting children on the way — early, patient formation.
Psalm 127:3. "Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him." Mothers receive children as heritage and reward — love framed as gift, not only duty.
Luke 2:51. "Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart." Mary's treasuring is mother-love that remembers and holds.
1 Thessalonians 2:7. "Instead, we were like young children among you. Just as a nursing mother cares for her children…" Paul uses a nursing mother's care as the picture of gentle ministry — tender, attentive love.
Proverbs 31:27-28. "She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children arise and call her blessed…" Watching over the household is love in work clothes.
Deuteronomy 6:6-7. "These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road…" A mother's love teaches along the road and at the table.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7. "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud… It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." Mother-love at its best looks like this list across sleepless years. See 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 and Bible verses about patience.
How to use these verses
Pick one verse for a Mother's Day card, a text, or a prayer of thanks — not fifteen. Isaiah 66:13 and 49:15 fit comfort and God's care. Proverbs 31:25-28 fits honor and praise. 2 Timothy 1:5 fits faith passed down. For parents more broadly, see Love and parents. For family love listicles, see Bible verses about family love. For a daily verse, open Bible verse of the day.
Questions people ask
What is the best Bible verse about a mother's love?
Isaiah 66:13 is a clear starting place: God comforts as a mother comforts her child. Proverbs 31:28 fits a card of praise.
What Bible verse compares God's love to a mother's love?
Isaiah 66:13 and Isaiah 49:15 both use a mother's compassion as the picture for God's faithful care. See Bible verses about God's love.
What is a good Mother's Day Bible verse?
Proverbs 31:25-28 and 2 Timothy 1:5 work well — strength and dignity, and faith that lived first in a mother. Short lines also sit under Short Bible verses about love.
Does the Bible command us to honor mothers?
Yes — Exodus 20:12 and Ephesians 6:1-2 command honor for father and mother, with a promise attached.
Where should I read next?
Read Love and parents, Love and children, and Bible verses about family love. For maternal care and honor for moms, see Bible verses about mothers. For sisters in the same home, see Bible verses about sisters.
