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 Jehovah.

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

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

and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.

Neither let the foreigner, that hath joined himself to Jehovah, speak, saying, Jehovah will surely separate me from his people; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. — read the full passage →

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

And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is impurity: 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: Evil shall not sojourn 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 I poured out my soul before Jehovah. — 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;

And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.

And Mary said 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 favor 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 plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.

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

And Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: 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 times or seasons, which the Father hath set within his own authority.

who 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 make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: — read the full passage →

For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, that 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 unto me?

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

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

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

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. — read the full passage →

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

The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah. — read the full passage →

And the sons of Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel his son, — read the full passage →

And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren: and Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

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

and, being assembled together with them, he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, said he, ye heard from 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 rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.

Now when they heardthis, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do? — read the full passage →