Bible Verses About Giving Birth
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for giving birth, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,349 votes, led by John 16:21. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Giving Birth
John 16:21257 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.
Jeremiah 1:5158 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.
Isaiah 66:7-12140 votes
Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
Psalms 127:3118 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Genesis 1:28104 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.
1 Timothy 2:15102 votes
Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
Genesis 3:1695 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.
Luke 1:3569 votes
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
Exodus 1:1964 votes
And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
Isaiah 7:1463 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.
Philippians 4:1352 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Luke 1:1449 votes
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
Leviticus 12:2-848 votes
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
Luke 2:646 votes
And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
Isaiah 26:1743 votes
Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord.
Psalms 127:3-542 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
John 10:1040 votes
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.
Psalms 29:937 votes
The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
Psalms 139:13-1634 votes
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
Isaiah 66:733 votes
Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
Genesis 4:132 votes
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.
Isaiah 66:927 votes
Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the Lord: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.
Isaiah 41:1026 votes
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.
1 Samuel 1:2725 votes
For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
Matthew 1:18-2525 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 giving birth?
Readers most often cite John 16:21 on the subject of giving birth. Across 2,349 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Jeremiah 1:5, Isaiah 66:7-12, Psalms 127:3. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.