When Life Begins

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

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.

If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. — read the full passage →

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

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

The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

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

Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

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.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:

I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not kill.

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:

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 →

Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. — read the full passage →

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. — read the full passage →

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

And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts. — read the full passage →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

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.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.

O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. — read the full passage →

A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; — read the full passage →

And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

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 →

Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

The same was in the beginning with God.

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.

And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. — read the full passage →

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

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

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. — read the full passage →

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

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

Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

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

And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the Lord.

And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: — read the full passage →

Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. — read the full passage →

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, — read the full passage →

As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 →

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.