Isaiah 26:18

We were pregnant, we strained, we gave birth, as it were, to wind. We cannot produce deliverance on the earth; people to populate the world are not born.

Psalm 17:14

Lord, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring.

Exodus 5:22-23

Moses returned to the Lord, and said, "Lord, why have you caused trouble for this people? Why did you ever send me?

Joshua 7:7-9

Joshua prayed, "O, Master, Lord! Why did you bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us?

1 Samuel 11:13

But Saul said, "No one will be killed on this day. For today the Lord has given Israel a victory!"

1 Samuel 14:45

But the army said to Saul, "Should Jonathan, who won this great victory in Israel, die? May it never be! As surely as the Lord lives, not a single hair of his head will fall to the ground! For it is with the help of God that he has acted today." So the army rescued Jonathan from death.

2 Kings 19:3

"This is what Hezekiah says: 'This is a day of distress, insults, and humiliation, as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through.

Isaiah 33:11

You conceive straw, you give birth to chaff; your breath is a fire that destroys you.

Isaiah 37:3

"This is what Hezekiah says: 'This is a day of distress, insults, and humiliation, as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through.

Isaiah 59:4

No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.

Hosea 13:13

The labor pains of a woman will overtake him, but the baby will lack wisdom; when the time arrives, he will not come out of the womb!

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

The inhabitants

Bible References

We have been in

Isaiah 37:3
"This is what Hezekiah says: 'This is a day of distress, insults, and humiliation, as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through.
2 Kings 19:3
"This is what Hezekiah says: 'This is a day of distress, insults, and humiliation, as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through.
Hosea 13:13
The labor pains of a woman will overtake him, but the baby will lack wisdom; when the time arrives, he will not come out of the womb!

We have not

Exodus 5:22
Moses returned to the Lord, and said, "Lord, why have you caused trouble for this people? Why did you ever send me?
Joshua 7:7
Joshua prayed, "O, Master, Lord! Why did you bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us?
1 Samuel 11:13
But Saul said, "No one will be killed on this day. For today the Lord has given Israel a victory!"
1 Samuel 14:45
But the army said to Saul, "Should Jonathan, who won this great victory in Israel, die? May it never be! As surely as the Lord lives, not a single hair of his head will fall to the ground! For it is with the help of God that he has acted today." So the army rescued Jonathan from death.

The inhabitants

Psalm 17:14
Lord, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring.
John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil.
1 John 5:19
We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

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