40 Powerful Bible Verses About Mothers and Daughters

Relationship between Mothers and their daughters is something no one can overemphasized. Many often believes in some cases, the daughters will take up every bad or good habit which their mothers exhibited when they were young. In the Bible, there are very little story connecting mothers and daughters, and a perfect example is the story of Naomi and Ruth. That’s why we decides to indulge with some powerful, yet important Bible verses about Mothers and daughters.

This article will enhance the bond between your mom or your daughter. Even if the bond is already dead or faded. Daughters often sees their mom as their role models while growing up, and as a mother, this is best time to showcase the lifestyle of a Godly woman and also a good Christian. I have seen a case where a daughter of 4 years is dancing seductively to a music in the Church, and when some research were carried out, it was revealed that her mom was a dancer in a club house. Many mothers not know the negative or positive impacts their day to day actions may have on their kids, especially their daughters.

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Sadly, in some cases, the relationship between the mother and daughter might be complicated. From my observations of life, this stage is usually when the kid is getting to adolescent age. At this point, she might become stubborn. Now this is the time to handle them with care and wisdom. This is the best moment to draw them closer to God, to help direct their ways.

See below scriptures to understand what the Bible says about mothers and daughters. These verses will help you connect more with your mother or your daughter.

Bible Verses About Mothers and Daughters

1. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. – Proverbs 31:28
2. When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. – 2 Timothy 1:5
3. Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee – Deuteronomy 5:16
4. My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. – Proverbs 1:8-9
5. The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law – Luke 12:53
6. Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. – Proverbs 20:20
7. As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. – Isaiah 66:13
8. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home. – John 19:26-27
9. The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. – Numbers 6:24-26
10. And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. – 1 Peter 4:8
11. Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. – Proverbs 10:12
12. And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. – Luke 2:51
13. The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. – 1 Timothy 5:2
14. Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. – Leviticus 19:3
15. He settles the childless woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD. – Psalm 113:9

Bible Verses About a Mother’s Love

1. When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. – John 16:21
2. 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. She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: – Proverbs 31:25-28
3. Everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “Like mother, like daughter.” – Ezekiel 16:44
4. 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. She does him good and not harm all the days of her life. – Proverbs 31:10-12
5. 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, and endures all things. – 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
6. Can a woman forget her nursing child, fail to pity the child of her womb? Even these may forget, but I won’t forget you. Look, on my palms I’ve inscribed you; your walls are before me continually. – Isaiah 49:15-16

Bible Verses for Daughters

1. Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. – Exodus 20:12
2. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “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. – Ephesians 6:1-3
3. Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. – Proverbs 23:22
4. Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children. – Ephesians 5:1
5. May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful! – Proverbs 23:25
6. Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. – Proverbs 10:21
7. But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go, I will go, and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God. Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.” – Ruth 1:16-17

Bible Verses For Mothers

1. Parents, don’t provoke your children in a way that ends up discouraging them. – Colossians 3:21
2. Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not depart from it. – Proverbs 22:6
3. Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. – Psalm 127:3
4. 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. – Deuteronomy 6:6-7
5. He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord! – Psalm 113:9
6. Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, 4 and so train the young women to love their husbands and children. – Titus 2:3-4
7. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened or dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go. – Joshua 1:9
8. But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love, and holiness with propriety. – 1 Timothy 2:15
9. A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom, but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother. – Proverbs 29:15

Bible Verses About a Mother’s Prayer for Her Daughters

1. If you oppress my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no one is with us, see God is witness between you and me. – Genesis 31:50
2. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. – 3 John 1:4
3. May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars cut for the structure of a palace – Psalm 144:12