Childlessness

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.

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.

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. — 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 →

And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord. — 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:

And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.

And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.

But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. — read the full passage →

But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: — read the full passage →

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 I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. — read the full passage →

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord. — read the full passage →

And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son, — 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.

Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. — read the full passage →

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

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

Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? — read the full passage →