Bible Verses About Pregnancy
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for pregnancy, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,547 votes, led by Psalms 127:3. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Pregnancy
Psalms 127:3123 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Jeremiah 1:5109 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 16:21108 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 139:13102 votes
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
Jeremiah 1:4-596 votes
Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
Ecclesiastes 11:592 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.
Job 31:1580 votes
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
Isaiah 49:1580 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.
Luke 1:44-4580 votes
For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
Genesis 16:1169 votes
And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.
Psalms 113:965 votes
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.
Genesis 25:2163 votes
And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Psalms 23:1-663 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Exodus 21:22-2560 votes
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
Luke 23:2959 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.
Luke 1:1445 votes
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
Genesis 3:1644 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.
Deuteronomy 7:1344 votes
And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
Judges 13:342 votes
And the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
Genesis 9:141 votes
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Isaiah 41:1040 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 2:2139 votes
And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord.
Genesis 21:1-238 votes
And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
Psalms 22:1038 votes
I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.
Proverbs 31:2837 votes
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
What does the Bible say about pregnancy?
Readers most often cite Psalms 127:3 on the subject of pregnancy. Across 2,547 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Jeremiah 1:5, John 16:21, Psalms 139:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.