29 Bible Verses about Barren Women

He gives the unfertile woman a family, making her a happy mother of children. Give praise to the Lord.

Isaac made prayer to the Lord for his wife because she had no children; and the Lord gave ear to his prayer, and Rebekah became with child.

Let your voice be loud in song, O woman without children; make melody and sounds of joy, you who did not give birth: for the children of her who had no husband are more than those of the married wife, says the Lord.

Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.

Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living.

For it is in the Writings, You who have never given birth, be glad; give cries of joy, you who have had no birth-pains; for the children of her who has been given up by her husband are more than those of the woman who has a husband.

And Sarai had no child.

Then God gave thought to Rachel, and hearing her prayer he made her fertile.

Let your voice be loud in song, O woman without children; make melody and sounds of joy, you who did not give birth: for the children of her who had no husband are more than those of the married wife, says the Lord. Make wide the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your house be stretched out without limit: make your cords long, and your tent-pins strong. For I will make wide your limits on the right hand and on the left; and your seed will take the nations for a heritage, and make the waste towns full of people.read more.
Have no fear; for you will not be shamed or without hope: you will not be put to shame, for the shame of your earlier days will go out of your memory, and you will no longer keep in mind the sorrows of your widowed years. For your Maker is your husband; the Lord of armies is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is he who takes up your cause; he will be named the God of all the earth.

For there is nothing which God is not able to do.

Still, he did not give up faith in the undertaking of God, but was made strong by faith, giving glory to God,

You will have greater blessings than any other people: no male or female among you or among your cattle will be without offspring.

Now there was a certain man of Zorah of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; and his wife had never given birth to a child. And the angel of the Lord came to the woman, and said to her, See now! though you have never given birth to children, you will be with child and give birth to a son.

All your animals will give birth without loss, not one will be without young in all your land; I will give you a full measure of life.

The underworld, and the woman without a child; the earth which never has enough water, and the fire which never says, Enough.

And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.

And Michal, Saul's daughter, had no child till the day of her death.

Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.

Let your hope be in the Lord: take heart and be strong; yes, let your hope be in the Lord.

And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word;

And give worship to the Lord your God, who will send his blessing on your bread and on your water; and I will take all disease away from among you. All your animals will give birth without loss, not one will be without young in all your land; I will give you a full measure of life.

For the Lord had kept all the women of the house of Abimelech from having children, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit?

My soul is wasted with desire for your salvation: but I have hope in your word. My eyes are full of weariness with searching for your word, saying, When will you give me comfort? For I have become like a wine-skin black with smoke; but I still keep the memory of your rules.

And while they were taking him away, they put their hands on Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and made him take the cross after Jesus. And a great band of people went after him, and of women making signs of grief and weeping for him. But Jesus, turning to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, let not your weeping be for me, but for yourselves and for your children.read more.
For the days are coming in which they will say, Happy are those who have had no children, whose bodies have never given birth, whose breasts have never given milk. And they will say to the mountains, Come down on us, and to the hills, Be a cover over us. For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?

Will I by whom the birth was started, not make it complete? says the Lord. Will I who make children come to birth, let them be kept back? says your God.

But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.

And the Lord came to Sarah as he had said and did to her as he had undertaken.

For the days are coming in which they will say, Happy are those who have had no children, whose bodies have never given birth, whose breasts have never given milk.