Bible Verses About Labor Pains
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for labor pains, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,096 votes, led by Genesis 3:16. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Labor Pains
Genesis 3:16229 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.
John 16:21191 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.
Isaiah 26:17161 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.
1 Thessalonians 5:3157 votes
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
Micah 4:9-10143 votes
Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.
Romans 8:22139 votes
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Jeremiah 22:23132 votes
O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
Isaiah 66:7-8106 votes
Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
Revelation 12:2103 votes
And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
Hosea 13:1396 votes
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
Galatians 4:1996 votes
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
Jeremiah 6:2484 votes
We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Jeremiah 4:3180 votes
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
Matthew 24:863 votes
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Isaiah 13:861 votes
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
Jeremiah 49:2449 votes
Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
Jeremiah 50:4336 votes
The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
1 Timothy 2:1532 votes
Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
Isaiah 66:7-928 votes
Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
Romans 8:1828 votes
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Jeremiah 13:2124 votes
What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?
Revelation 12:1-218 votes
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
Jeremiah 48:4114 votes
Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Jeremiah 30:613 votes
Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
Mark 13:813 votes
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
What does the Bible say about labor pains?
Readers most often cite Genesis 3:16 on the subject of labor pains. Across 2,096 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including John 16:21, Isaiah 26:17, 1 Thessalonians 5:3. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.