Bible Verses About Barren Women
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for barren women, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,644 votes, led by Isaiah 54:1-17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Barren Women
Isaiah 54:1-17207 votes
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.
Psalms 113:9202 votes
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.
Luke 23:29145 votes
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.
Genesis 25:2191 votes
And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Hebrews 11:1174 votes
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.
Psalms 127:3-569 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Psalms 128:3-669 votes
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Luke 1:747 votes
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
Exodus 23:2645 votes
There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
Genesis 29:3142 votes
And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
Genesis 17:15-1636 votes
And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
Proverbs 30:1635 votes
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
Genesis 30:132 votes
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.
1 Samuel 1:1027 votes
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.
Jeremiah 1:526 votes
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.
Luke 1:3625 votes
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.
Genesis 1:2824 votes
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.
Genesis 25:21-2224 votes
And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Genesis 33:523 votes
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.
Psalms 23:1-623 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Matthew 19:1223 votes
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.
Genesis 11:3021 votes
But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
Genesis 21:1-321 votes
And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
1 Samuel 1:5-1120 votes
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb.
Isaiah 56:1-1220 votes
Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
What does the Bible say about barren women?
Readers most often cite Isaiah 54:1-17 on the subject of barren women. Across 1,644 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 113:9, Luke 23:29, Genesis 25:21. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.