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Want to know what the Bible says about Mothers? Here are 184 Bible verses about Mothers from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Psalm 113:9 NIV
He settles the childless woman in her home
    as a happy mother of children.
Praise the Lord.
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Proverbs 10:1 NIV
The proverbs of Solomon:
A wise son brings joy to his father,
    but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
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Matthew 15:4-6 NIV
4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’ 5 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’ 6 they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
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1 Peter 4:8 NIV
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
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Proverbs 1:8 NIV
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction
    and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
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Luke 1:46-48 NIV
46 And Mary said:
“My soul glorifies the Lord
47     and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
48 for he has been mindful
    of the humble state of his servant.
From now on all generations will call me blessed,
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John 19:26-27 NIV
26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” 27 and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.
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Proverbs 23:25 NIV
May your father and mother rejoice;
    may she who gave you birth be joyful!
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Proverbs 31:10-12 NIV
10  A wife of noble character who can find?
    She is worth far more than rubies.
11 Her husband has full confidence in her
    and lacks nothing of value.
12 She brings him good, not harm,
    all the days of her life.
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Genesis 3:20 NIV
Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.
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