The bills pile up on the kitchen counter while your children sleep, oblivious to your late-night calculations of whether you can afford groceries and the electric bill in the same week. As a single mother, you carry the weight of being both provider and nurturer, stretching every dollar until it screams and praying that nothing breaks down before payday. The car needs repairs, your child outgrew their shoes again, and you can’t remember the last time you bought something for yourself that wasn’t an absolute necessity.
Being a single mom often means making impossible choices between competing needs. Do you work more hours to increase income, or stay home more to be present for your children? The guilt of not being able to provide everything your kids want, combined with the exhaustion of carrying all the financial responsibility alone, can feel overwhelming. You watch other families take vacations or buy name-brand groceries while you clip coupons and shop clearance racks.
But God sees your sacrifice and struggle. He has a special heart for single mothers and promises to be a provider and protector for you and your children. These verses offer hope that your financial struggles don’t define your worth as a mother, and that God’s provision often comes in ways we don’t expect. Your children are learning resilience, gratitude, and faith by watching how you handle hardship with grace and trust in God’s faithfulness.
Bible Verses for Single Mothers Struggling Financially
1. Philippians 4:19 – My God Will Meet All Your Needs
And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
New International Version (NIV)
2. Matthew 6:26 – Look at the Birds of the Air
Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
English Standard Version (ESV)
3. Psalm 68:5 – A Father to the Fatherless, a Defender of Widows
A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy habitation.
New King James Version (NKJV)
4. 1 Kings 17:14 – The Jar of Flour Will Not Be Used Up
For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.
New Living Translation (NLT)
5. Psalm 37:25 – I Have Never Seen the Righteous Forsaken
I have been young and now I am old, yet I have not seen the righteous abandoned or his children begging for bread.
Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
6. Matthew 6:31-33 – Do Not Worry About What You Will Eat
Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’ For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
7. Psalm 23:1 – The Lord Is My Shepherd, I Shall Not Want
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
King James Version (KJV)
8. Isaiah 58:10-11 – If You Spend Yourselves on Behalf of the Hungry
if you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness and your gloom be like the noonday. The Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your needs in parched places, and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters never fail.
New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
9. Luke 12:24 – Consider the Ravens
Look at the ravens. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for God feeds them. And you are far more valuable to him than any birds!
The Message (MSG)
10. Deuteronomy 8:18 – Remember the Lord Your God
But remember [with profound respect] the Lord your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
11. Psalm 34:10 – Those Who Seek the Lord Lack No Good Thing
Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing.
New English Translation (NET)
12. 2 Corinthians 9:8 – God Is Able to Bless You Abundantly
And God is able to make all grace overflow to you so that in every way, always having everything you need, you may excel in every good work.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
13. Psalm 146:9 – The Lord Watches Over the Foreigner and Sustains the Fatherless
The Lord protects everyone who lives as strangers in our land, and he helps all widows and orphans, but he destroys the wicked.
Contemporary English Version (CEV)
14. Isaiah 41:17 – The Poor and Needy Search for Water
When the poor and the needy look for water but there isn’t any—when their tongues are parched with thirst—then I, the Lord, will answer their prayers. I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.
Good News Translation (GNT)
15. Psalm 37:3-4 – Trust in the Lord and Do Good
Trust the Lord and do good. Live in the land and feed on truth. Enjoy serving the Lord, and he will give you what you want most.
New Century Version (NCV)
16. Proverbs 19:17 – Whoever Is Kind to the Poor Lends to the Lord
Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and will be repaid in full.
International Standard Version (ISV)
17. Psalm 113:7-9 – He Raises the Poor from the Dust
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the garbage pile, to seat them with nobles, with the nobles of His people. He causes the barren woman to dwell in the house as a joyful mother of children. Hallelujah!
Tree of Life Version (TLV)
18. James 1:17 – Every Good and Perfect Gift Is from Above
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
Lexham English Bible (LEB)
19. Malachi 3:10 – Test Me in This
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.
World English Bible (WEB)
20. Psalm 84:11 – No Good Thing Does He Withhold
For the Lord God is a sun and shield: The Lord will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
American Standard Version (ASV)
21. 2 Corinthians 8:9 – For Your Sake He Became Poor
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.
Revised Standard Version (RSV)
22. Luke 6:38 – Give, and It Will Be Given to You
Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.
New American Bible (NAB)
23. Psalm 37:19 – In Times of Disaster They Will Not Wither
They shall not be confounded in the evil time; and in the days of famine they shall have abundance.
Douay-Rheims Bible (DRB)
24. 1 Timothy 6:17-19 – Command Them Not to Put Their Hope in Wealth
Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate; laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life which is life indeed.
English Revised Version (ERV)
25. Haggai 2:8 – The Silver Is Mine and the Gold Is Mine
Mine is the silver, and Mine the gold, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.
Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)
26. 1 Chronicles 29:14 – Everything Comes from You
But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer willingly after this sort? for all things are of thee, and of that which is from thy hand have we given thee.
Darby Translation (DARBY)
27. Psalm 24:1 – The Earth Is the Lord’s
The earth belongs to the Lord, and everything that is in it, the world and all who live in it.
Weymouth New Testament (WNT)
28. Deuteronomy 15:11 – There Will Always Be Poor People in the Land
For nedi men schulen not faile in the lond of thi dwellyng; therfor Y comaunde to thee, that thou opene thin hond to thi brother nedi and pore, that lyuen with thee in the lond.
Wycliffe Bible (WYC)
29. Proverbs 22:9 – The Generous Will Themselves Be Blessed
He that hath a bountiful eye, he shalbe blessed: for he giueth of his bread vnto the poore.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
30. Acts 20:35 – It Is More Blessed to Give Than to Receive
I haue shewed you all thinges, how that so labouryng, ye ought to receaue the weake, and to remember the wordes of the Lord Iesu, how that he sayd: It is more blessed to geue, then to receaue.
Bishop’s Bible
31. Hebrews 13:5 – Keep Your Lives Free from the Love of Money
Let your conversacion be without couetousnes, and be content with those thinges that ye haue. For he hath sayd: I will not leaue the, nether will I forsake the.
Tyndale Bible
32. 3 John 1:2 – I Pray That You May Enjoy Good Health and Prosperity
Dear friend, I am praying that all is well with you and that your body is as healthy as I know your soul is.
The Living Bible (TLB)
33. Jeremiah 29:11 – Plans to Prosper You and Not to Harm You
For I know the plans I have in mind for you, declares the Lord; they are plans for peace and not disaster, to give you a future and hope.
The Passion Translation (TPT)
34. Romans 8:32 – He Who Did Not Spare His Own Son
If God did not spare His own Son but handed Him over for us all, how will He not also give us all things together with Him?
The Voice Bible (VOICE)
35. 2 Peter 1:3 – His Divine Power Has Given Us Everything We Need
God’s power has given us everything we need to live and to serve God. We have these things because we know him. God called us by his glory and goodness.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
Our Thoughts on What the Bible Says About Single Mothers Struggling Financially
Scripture consistently shows God’s special concern for single mothers and their children. Throughout the Bible, God demonstrates His heart for widows, orphans, and those who are economically vulnerable. The story of the widow with the jar of oil reminds us that God can multiply our meager resources in miraculous ways. He sees every struggle, every sleepless night spent worrying about bills, and every sacrifice made for your children.
What strikes me most about biblical teaching on provision is how God often provides through community and unexpected sources rather than just increasing our bank accounts. The early church cared for widows and their children, and Scripture calls believers to support single mothers practically. Sometimes God’s provision comes through a neighbor offering childcare, a surprise tax refund, or a friend passing along outgrown clothes.
The Bible also reminds us that our worth isn’t measured by our financial status. Your children aren’t missing out on what matters most when they have a mother who loves them, prays for them, and teaches them to trust God through difficult circumstances. The values you’re instilling through your faithfulness during hardship are more valuable than any material possession. God sees your sacrifice and promises to honor mothers who raise their children to know and love Him.
Say This Prayer
Heavenly Father, the financial pressure feels overwhelming. I lie awake calculating bills and stretching dollars, wondering how I’ll provide everything my children need on this limited income. The weight of being both mother and provider feels too heavy for my shoulders alone, and I’m exhausted from carrying it all.
Thank You for promising to be a Father to my children and a provider for our family. Help me trust Your faithfulness even when the bank account is low and the bills are high. Show me opportunities to increase our income while still being present for my kids. Open doors I haven’t seen and provide in ways I haven’t imagined.
Give me wisdom to manage what we have well, to teach my children gratitude instead of entitlement, and to find joy in simple blessings rather than focusing on what we lack. Help me resist the temptation to compare our situation to other families who seem to have more.
Surround us with people who will support us practically and emotionally. Use our struggles to build character in my children and to deepen our family’s dependence on You. Help me remember that You see every sacrifice I make and that my worth as a mother isn’t measured by what I can afford to buy.
Most of all, help me model faith and trust for my children, showing them that You are faithful even in difficult circumstances.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Evang. Anabelle Thompson is the founder of Believers Refuge, a Scripture-based resource that helps Christians to find biblical guidance for life’s challenges.
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