22 Bible Verses about God, Feminine Descriptions Of

This what the LORD says, the one who made you, formed you from the womb, and who will help you: "Don't be afraid, Jacob my servant, and Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

Did I conceive this people or give birth to them, so that you would tell me to carry them near my heart like a wet nurse carries a suckling baby to the land that you promised to their forefathers?

You neglected the Rock that fathered you; you abandoned God, who was awaiting your birth.

"This is what the LORD says, your Redeemer and the one who formed you in the womb: "I am the LORD, who has made everything, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth Who was with me at that time?

It was you who formed my internal organs, fashioning me within my mother's womb.

Later, the LORD noticed that Leah was being neglected, so he made her fertile, while Rachel remained childless.

Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,

"And now, says the LORD, who formed you from the womb as his servant to bring Jacob back to him so that Israel might be gathered to him and I am honored in the LORD's sight and my God has been my help

"I knew you before I formed you in the womb; I set you apart for me before you were born; I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations."

Yet, you are the one who took me from the womb, and kept me safe on my mother's breasts.

So why did you bring me out from the womb? I wish I had died, before anyone had seen me,

I depended on you since birth, when you brought me from my mother's womb; I praise you continuously.

Am I to open the womb and not deliver?" asks the LORD. "And when I bring to delivery, am I to close the womb?" asks your God.

"Can a woman forget her nursing child, or have no compassion for the child of her womb? Even these mothers may forget; But as for me, I'll never forget you!

Like a child whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.

Like a shepherd, he tends his flock. He gathers the lambs in his arms, carries them close to his heart, and gently leads the mother sheep."

The LORD found him in a desert land, in a barren, eerie wilderness. He surrounded, cared for, and guarded him as the pupil of his eye. Like an eagle stirs its nest, hovering near its young, spreading out his wings to take him and carry him on his pinions,

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you people were unwilling!

May the LORD repay you for your work, and may a full reward be given you from the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge."

Protect me as the most precious part of the eye; hide me under the shadow of your wings

With his feathers he will cover you, under his wings you will find safety. His truth is your shield and armor.