30 Bible Verses about Birth
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a time to bear and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to root up [what is] planted;
And [the priest] shall present it {before} Yahweh, and he shall make atonement for her, so that she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This [is] the regulation of childbearing for the male or for the female.
"Speak to the {Israelites}, saying, 'When a woman becomes pregnant and she gives birth to a male, then she shall be unclean seven days--as [in] the time of her menstrual bleeding, she shall become unclean.
A woman, when she gives birth, experiences pain because her hour has come. But when [her] child is born, she no longer remembers the affliction, on account of the joy that a human being has been born into the world.
Woe [to the] one who says to a father, 'What you are begetting?' or to a woman, '[With] what are you in labor?'"
Look, I [am] going to bring them from [the] land of [the] north, and I will gather them from [the] remotest part of [the] earth. Among them [the] blind, and [the] lame, [those who are] pregnant, and [those who] give birth, together, a great assembly, they will return here.
and he said, "When you help the Hebrews give birth, you will look upon the pairs of testicles; if he [is] a son, you will put him to death, and if she [is] a daughter, she will live."
And the midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew [women are] not like the Egyptian women, because they [are] vigorous; before the midwife comes to them, they have given birth."
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
for [although they] had not yet been born, or done anything good or evil, in order that the purpose of God according to election might remain,
For just as the woman [is] from the man, thus also the man [is] through the woman. But all [things] [are] from God.
and [even] concerning her afterbirth {that goes out} from between her feet and [also] concerning her children that she bears, because she eats them for lack of anything in secret {during the siege and during the distress} that your enemy inflicts upon her in your {towns}.
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Birth » Pangs in giving
and they will be dismayed. Pangs and labor pains will seize [them]; they will tremble like a woman giving birth. {They will stare at one another}, {their faces flushing}.
Therefore my loins are filled [with] anguish; pangs have seized me, like [the] pangs of a woman giving birth. I am {too bent to hear}, I am {too dismayed to see}.
For I heard a voice like an ill woman, anxiety like [a woman who] bears her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion. She is gasping for breath, she is spreading out her hands: "Woe is me, for I am becoming tired before killers."
We have heard news of it, our hands grow slack, anxiety has grasped us, pain as a [woman who] gives birth.
Birth » Giving, ordained to be in sorrow
To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase {your pain in childbearing}; in pain you shall bear children. And to your husband [shall be] your desire. And he shall rule over you."
the Human nature of Christ » Is proved by his » Birth
And she gave birth to her firstborn son, and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
saying, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star at its rising and have come to worship him."
and Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary by whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Humility of Christ » Exhibited in his » Birth
So Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David, to be registered together with Mary, who was legally promised in marriage to him [and] was pregnant. And it happened that while they were there, {the time came} for her to give birth. read more.
And she gave birth to her firstborn son, and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
New » Birth » Covenant
and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and {to the sprinkled blood} that speaks better than Abel's [does].
Look, [the] days [are] coming," {declares} Yahweh, "and I will {make} a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,
for this is my blood of the covenant which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
And this [is] the covenant from me with them when I take away their sins."
For in finding fault with them he says, "Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, when I will complete a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,
New » Birth » By the word of God
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.
If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been fathered by him.
[because you] have been born again, not from perishable seed but imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
Everyone who is fathered by God does not practice sin, because his seed resides in him, and [he is] not able to sin, because he has been fathered by God.
New » Birth » Necessary to salvation
he saved us, not by deeds of righteousness that we have done, but because of his mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit,
Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
[By his] will he gave birth to us through the message of truth, so that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
New » Birth » Essential to spiritual vision
Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God."
revealing that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, inscribed not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tablets of human hearts.
New » Birth » A new creation
Therefore if anyone [is] in Christ, [he is] a new creation; the old [things] have passed away; behold, new [things] have come.
New » Birth » Birth of a new spirit
And I will give a new heart to you, and a new spirit I will give into your inner parts, and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh, and I will give to you a heart of flesh.
New » Birth » Obtained by faith
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves {the father} also loves the [child] fathered by him.
New » Birth » Of divine origin
who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a husband, but of God.
Topics on Birth
Babies Sinful From Birth
Psalm 51:5Behold, in iniquity I was born, and in sin my mother conceived me.
Birth Control
Genesis 38:8-10Then Judah said to Onan, "Go in to the wife of your brother and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother."
Birth Not Being Possible
Isaiah 66:9Shall I myself I break open and not {deliver}?" says Yahweh, "or I who {delivers} lock up [the womb]?" says your God.
Birth, Physical
Job 10:8-12Your hands fashioned me and made me {altogether}, then you destroyed me.
Birth, Spiritual
John 3:3Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God."
Births Foretold
Genesis 16:11And the angel of Yahweh said to her: "Behold, you are pregnant and shall have a son. And you shall call his name Ishmael, for Yahweh has listened to your suffering.
From Birth
Psalm 22:10On you I was cast from [the] womb. From my mother's belly you [have been] my God.
Jesus Birth
Matthew 1:18Now the birth of Jesus Christ occurred in this way. His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, [but] before they came together, she was found {to be pregnant} by the Holy Spirit.
Jesus' Birth
Isaiah 9:6-7For a child has been born for us; a son has been given to us. And the dominion will be on his shoulder, and his name is called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Miraculous Births
Matthew 1:18Now the birth of Jesus Christ occurred in this way. His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, [but] before they came together, she was found {to be pregnant} by the Holy Spirit.
New Birth
John 3:3Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God."
New Birth, Described As
2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore if anyone [is] in Christ, [he is] a new creation; the old [things] have passed away; behold, new [things] have come.
New Birth, Evidenced By
1 John 5:1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves {the father} also loves the [child] fathered by him.
New Birth, Necessity Of
John 3:3Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God."
New Birth, Results Of
Ephesians 4:24and put on the new man (in accordance with God), who is created in righteousness and holiness from the truth.
New Birth, The Means Of
John 1:13who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a husband, but of God.
The Virgin Birth
Matthew 1:23"Behold, the virgin {will become pregnant} and will give birth to a son, and they will call his name Emmanuel," which is translated, "God with us."
