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Baby Mothers

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Psalms 127:3

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

Isaiah 49:15

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!

Genesis 21:1–3

Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken. — read the full passage →

Genesis 3:16

To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bear children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

Proverbs 31:28

Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:

1 Samuel 1:27–28

For this child I prayed; and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him. — read the full passage →

Luke 2:6–7

While they were there, the day had come for her to give birth. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 66:13

As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.”

Luke 1:31–33

Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and give birth to a son, and will call his name ‘Jesus.’ — read the full passage →

John 16:21

A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.

2 Timothy 1:5

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

Luke 2:7

She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Isaiah 7:14

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

Psalms 113:9

He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!

Exodus 2:1–10

A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife. — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 2:15

but she will be saved through her childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and sanctification with sobriety.

Matthew 19:14

But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”

Matthew 1:18–25

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →

Exodus 2:2–3

The woman conceived, and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months. — read the full passage →

1 Kings 3:26–27

Then the woman whose the living child was spoke to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, “Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no way kill it!” But the other said, “It shall be neither mine nor yours. Divide it.” — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 5:14

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

1 Thessalonians 2:7

But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

Jeremiah 1:5

“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

1 Kings 3:16–28

Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 22:6

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

Galatians 4:4–5

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law, — read the full passage →

Luke 1:41–44

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 31:25–28

Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come. — read the full passage →

Genesis 16:1–16

Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. — read the full passage →

Luke 1:31

Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and give birth to a son, and will call his name ‘Jesus.’

1 Samuel 1:27

For this child I prayed; and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him.

Galatians 4:26

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

Matthew 1:18

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

1 Kings 3:16–27

Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 23:22–25

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old. — read the full passage →

Psalms 127:3–5

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

Genesis 16:1–4

Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. — read the full passage →

3 John 1:4

I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.

Exodus 2:1–3

A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife. — read the full passage →

Luke 2:51

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

Psalms 139:13–16

For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

1 Samuel 1:20

When the time had come, Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked him of Yahweh.”

1 Samuel 1:19–20

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

Titus 2:4

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

Luke 1:31–38

Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and give birth to a son, and will call his name ‘Jesus.’ — read the full passage →

Luke 1:41–45

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Matthew 1:18–21

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →

Exodus 2:3

When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank.

Psalms 8:2

From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

Ephesians 6:4

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Psalms 51:5

Behold, I was born in iniquity. In sin my mother conceived me.

1 Samuel 1:1–28

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite: — read the full passage →

Luke 1:26–38

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

Job 31:15

Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?

Genesis 30:1–24

When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.” — read the full passage →

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

Galatians 4:4

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,

Acts 22:16

Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’

John 8:16–18

Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me. — read the full passage →

Luke 2:16–17

They came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough. — read the full passage →

Luke 1:48

for he has looked at the humble state of his handmaid. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.

Hosea 13:16

Samaria will bear her guilt; for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.”

Psalms 139:13

For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

1 Samuel 2:19

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

1 Samuel 1:10–20

She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh, and wept bitterly. — read the full passage →

Judges 13:2–5

There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and didn’t bear. — read the full passage →

Exodus 21:22–25

“If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges allow. — read the full passage →

Acts 7:19

The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive.

Mark 16:16

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Proverbs 17:6

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

Exodus 23:7

“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

James 2:26

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Ephesians 6:1–3

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

Luke 23:29

For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’

Luke 1:44

For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!

Matthew 18:10

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

Job 3:16

or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light.

Numbers 12:12

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

Genesis 2:7

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

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Luke 2:16

They came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.

Luke 1:41

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

Joel 2:16

Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts. Let the bridegroom go out of his room, and the bride out of her room.

Proverbs 31:25

Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.

Proverbs 6:16

There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:

Proverbs 1:8–9

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: — read the full passage →

Psalms 127:5

Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

Job 3:3

“Let the day perish in which I was born, the night which said, ‘There is a boy conceived.’

1 Samuel 1:26–28

She said, “Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to Yahweh. — read the full passage →

1 Samuel 1:20–28

When the time had come, Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked him of Yahweh.” — read the full passage →

1 Samuel 1:1–20

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite: — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 27:25

‘Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Exodus 20:13

“You shall not murder.

Genesis 25:22

The children struggled together within her. She said, “If it be so, why do I live?” She went to inquire of Yahweh.

Genesis 25:21

Isaac entreated Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren. Yahweh was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Genesis 21:8–21

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

Genesis 21:1–21

Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken. — read the full passage →

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