Birth

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

For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

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

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward. — read the full passage →

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward.

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

Thus saith Jehovah that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant; and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

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

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

For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb.

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

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

(as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord),

As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all.

as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

And he took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands upon them.

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

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

For as the woman is of the man, so is the man also by the woman; but all things are of God.

And she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for it is he that shall save his people from their sins.

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

For behold, when the voice of thy salutation came into mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

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

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

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

See 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 who is in heaven.

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judæa in the days of Herod the king, behold, Wise-men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, — read the full passage →

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

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judæa in the days of Herod the king, behold, Wise-men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,

having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, even as it was spoken unto them.

And Mary arose in these days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah; — read the full passage →

And the child grew, and waxed strong, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.

Now it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be enrolled. — read the full passage →

Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Immanuel; which is, being interpreted, God with us.

Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am Jehovah, that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth (who is with me?);

fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

and they shall be dismayed; pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail: they shall look in amazement one at another; their faces shall be faces of flame.

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

And if men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart, and yet no harm follow; he shall be surely fined, according as the woman’s husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. — 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 birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, — read the full passage →

And he took a little child, and set him in the midst of them: and taking him in his arms, he said unto them, — read the full passage →

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

and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king cometh unto thee; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.

But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.

Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child: wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee.

And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.

Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

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

For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

For thou, Jehovah, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman conceive seed, and bear a man-child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of the impurity of her sickness shall she be unclean. — read the full passage →

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

Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief: — read the full passage →

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord

And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called JESUS, which was so called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

And it came to pass, when the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. — read the full passage →

Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men in whom he is well pleased.

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. — read the full passage →

For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that gaspeth for breath, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul fainteth before the murderers.

Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, And to bea joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah.

Make a joyful noise unto Jehovah, all ye lands.

And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; — read the full passage →

and these things we write, that our joy may be made full.

Concerning this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. — read the full passage →

And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

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

Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the entrance of the house. — read the full passage →

After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. — read the full passage →

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

Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved. — read the full passage →

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me, even from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace,

But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name: — read the full passage →

For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

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

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. — read the full passage →

If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto her. — read the full passage →

but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

that the word might be fulfilled which he spake, Of those whom thou hast given me I lost not one.

While I was with them, I kept them in thy name which thou hast given me: and I guarded them, and not one of them perished, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.