Bible Verses About Breastfeeding
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for breastfeeding, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,210 votes, led by Isaiah 66:10-13. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Breastfeeding
Isaiah 66:10-13103 votes
Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
Luke 11:2794 votes
And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
1 Peter 2:277 votes
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Lamentations 4:375 votes
Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Joel 2:1663 votes
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
Genesis 49:2562 votes
Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
Isaiah 49:1559 votes
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Psalms 22:956 votes
But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.
1 Thessalonians 2:746 votes
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
Genesis 21:843 votes
And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
1 Samuel 1:21-2443 votes
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
Hosea 9:1440 votes
Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
Ruth 4:1636 votes
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
Isaiah 49:2334 votes
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
Genesis 21:733 votes
And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
Hebrews 5:12-1432 votes
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Job 3:1229 votes
Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
Proverbs 5:18-1929 votes
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Luke 23:26-3129 votes
And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
Isaiah 40:1128 votes
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
Numbers 11:1226 votes
Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
Psalms 131:1-222 votes
Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
Luke 23:2920 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.
Hosea 1:819 votes
Now when she had weaned Lo–ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.
1 Kings 3:2117 votes
And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
What does the Bible say about breastfeeding?
Readers most often cite Isaiah 66:10-13 on the subject of breastfeeding. Across 1,210 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 11:27, 1 Peter 2:2, Lamentations 4:3. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.