Baby Mothers

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken. — read the full passage →

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him: — read the full passage →

And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. — read the full passage →

As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. — read the full passage →

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

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.

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. — read the full passage →

Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. — read the full passage →

And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. — read the full passage →

Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it. — read the full passage →

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. — read the full passage →

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: — read the full passage →

Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. — read the full passage →

Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. — read the full passage →

And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. — read the full passage →

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. — read the full passage →

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. — read the full passage →

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. — read the full passage →

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.

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord.

And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her. — read the full passage →

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: — read the full passage →

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. — read the full passage →

And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim–zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: — read the full passage →

And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, — read the full passage →

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. — read the full passage →

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. — read the full passage →

And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. — read the full passage →

For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore. — read the full passage →

And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. — read the full passage →

If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. — read the full passage →

The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb.

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:

Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: — read the full passage →

Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord. — read the full passage →

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim–zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: — read the full passage →

Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Thou shalt not kill.

And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the Lord.

And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. — read the full passage →

And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken. — read the full passage →