Bible Verses About Birth
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for birth, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 850 votes, led by Jeremiah 1:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Birth
Jeremiah 1:570 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.
John 16:2144 votes
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Psalms 139:13-1643 votes
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
Psalms 127:333 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Psalms 127:3-529 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Isaiah 9:627 votes
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, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 44:224 votes
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.
Psalms 139:1322 votes
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
James 1:1722 votes
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Isaiah 7:1421 votes
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Genesis 3:1620 votes
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Matthew 19:1419 votes
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
1 Samuel 1:2718 votes
For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
Luke 2:2318 votes
(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
1 Peter 2:218 votes
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Proverbs 22:617 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Ecclesiastes 11:517 votes
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
Mark 10:1617 votes
And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
John 3:1617 votes
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.
Matthew 1:2116 votes
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
1 John 4:716 votes
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Luke 2:715 votes
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
1 Corinthians 11:1215 votes
For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.
Psalms 8:214 votes
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
Matthew 1:18-2514 votes
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
What does the Bible say about birth?
Readers most often cite Jeremiah 1:5 on the subject of birth. Across 850 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including John 16:21, Psalms 139:13-16, Psalms 127:3. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.