Meaningful Bible Verses for Christian Moms on Mother's Day

Mother's Day is celebrated at different times in many countries all around the world. It is a nearly universal concept - the honoring of mothers. And, in Christian cultures especially, it has a long and venerable history.

The Bible is filled with many beautiful and insightful passages in honor of mothers and motherhood - some well-known, some more obscure. The following are ten of the best:

1. May your mother be glad; may she who gave you birth rejoice! - Proverbs 23:25
2. Listen my son, and do not forsake your mother's teaching. It will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck. - Proverbs 1:8-9
3. You brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you even at my mother's breast. From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother's womb you have been my God. - Psalm 22:9-10
4. The child's mother said, "As surely as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." - 2 Kings 4:30
5. Naked a man comes from his mother's womb, and as he comes, so he departs. He takes nothing from his labor that he can carry in his hand. - Ecclesiastes 5:15
6. "Honor your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you." - Deuteronomy 5:16
7. Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap. As you do not know the path of wind, or how the body is formed in a mother's womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things. Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let not your hands be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well. - Ecclesiastes 11:4-6
8. Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of abundant water. Its branches were strong, fit for a ruler's scepter. It towered high above the thick foliage, conspicuous for its height and for its many branches. - Ezekiel 19:10-11
9. What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay down among the young lions and reared her cubs. - Ezekiel 19:1
10. We were not looking for praise from men, not from you or anyone else. As apostles of Christ we could have been a burden to you, but we were gentle among you, like a mother caring for her little children. We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us. - Thessalonians 2:6-8

[Source: The New International Version]