13 Bible Verses about Breasts, Nursing Mothers

And Elkanah, her husband, said unto her, Do what seems good unto thee; tarry until thou hast weaned him; only let the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

And she arose at midnight and took my son from beside me while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom and laid her dead child in my bosom.

Why did the knees receive me? Of what use the breasts that I should suck?

But thou art he that took me out of the womb; thou hast made me wait upon thee since I was upon my mother's breasts.

gather the people, sanctify the meeting, assemble the elders, gather the children and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber and the bride out of her closet.

And it came to pass as he spoke these things, a certain woman of the crowd lifted up her voice and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee and the breasts which thou hast sucked.

For, behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bare and the breasts which never gave suck.

They pluck the fatherless from the breast and take a pledge of the poor.

And woe unto those that are with child and to those that give suck in those days!

But woe to those that are with child and to those that give suck in those days!

But woe unto those that are with child and to those that give suck in those days! For there shall be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.

Gimel Even the sea monsters draw out the breast; they give suck to their young ones; the daughter of my people is cruel like the ostriches in the wilderness.

Can a woman forget her sucking child that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Even though they may forget, I will not forget thee.