Barren Women

Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord. — read the full passage →

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

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.

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

Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

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

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. — read the full passage →

And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. — read the full passage →

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.

And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.

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.

And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

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

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.

For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb. — 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 →

Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. — read the full passage →

But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

And the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.

Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? — 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.

Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, — read the full passage →

And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, — read the full passage →

As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. — read the full passage →

They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

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 →

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. — read the full passage →

Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee; — read the full passage →

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.

And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, — read the full passage →

Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.

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

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

And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. — read the full passage →

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

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 →

And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb. — read the full passage →

And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: — read the full passage →

And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, — read the full passage →

So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. — read the full passage →

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. — read the full passage →

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; — read the full passage →

While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. — read the full passage →

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. — 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.

Praise ye the Lord. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord. — read the full passage →

Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. — read the full passage →

And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb. — 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 →

And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. — read the full passage →

And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. — read the full passage →

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; — read the full passage →

Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. — read the full passage →

Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. — read the full passage →

And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, — read the full passage →

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.

And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life? — read the full passage →

And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.

Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. — read the full passage →

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.

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

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.