Bible Verses About Childbearing
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for childbearing, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 797 votes, led by Psalms 127:3-5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Childbearing
Psalms 127:3-566 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Genesis 1:2860 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 3:1658 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.
1 Timothy 2:1555 votes
Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
Genesis 30:2239 votes
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
1 Timothy 5:1436 votes
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
Deuteronomy 7:14-1830 votes
Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
1 Timothy 2:13-1530 votes
For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
1 Corinthians 7:2828 votes
But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
Psalms 113:924 votes
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.
Ephesians 5:22-3324 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Psalms 128:1-423 votes
Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.
1 Timothy 2:11-1521 votes
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
Genesis 1:28-3120 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.
Titus 2:3-520 votes
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
Genesis 2:1819 votes
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Luke 1:14-4518 votes
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
Romans 7:218 votes
For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
1 Peter 3:118 votes
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
1 Corinthians 7:1-4016 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians 14:3416 votes
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
Genesis 3:17-1915 votes
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Exodus 4:24-2615 votes
And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him.
Numbers 23:19-2115 votes
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Titus 2:4-515 votes
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
What does the Bible say about childbearing?
Readers most often cite Psalms 127:3-5 on the subject of childbearing. Across 797 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 1:28, Genesis 3:16, 1 Timothy 2:15. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.