Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
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Paleness
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Bible References
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Jeremiah 4:31 I hear a cry like a woman in labor,
a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child.
The cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath,
stretching out her hands:
Woe is me, for my life is weary
because of the murderers!
a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child.
The cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath,
stretching out her hands:
Woe is me, for my life is weary
because of the murderers!
Jeremiah 6:24 We have heard about it,
and we are discouraged.
Distress has seized us—
pain like a woman in labor.
and we are discouraged.
Distress has seized us—
pain like a woman in
Jeremiah 13:21 What will you say when He appoints
close friends as leaders over you,
ones you yourself trained?
Won’t labor pains seize you,
as they do a woman in labor?
close friends as leaders over you,
ones you yourself trained?
Won’t labor pains seize you,
as they do a woman in labor?
Jeremiah 22:23 You residents of Lebanon,
nestled among the cedars,
how you will groan when labor pains come on you,
agony like a woman in labor.
nestled among the cedars,
how you will groan
agony like a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 49:24 Damascus has become weak;
she has turned to run;
panic has gripped her.
Distress and labor pains have seized her
like a woman in labor.
she has turned to run;
panic has gripped her.
Distress and labor pains have seized her
like a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 50:43 The king of Babylon has heard reports about them,
and his hands fall helpless.
Distress has seized him—
pain, like a woman in labor.
and his hands fall helpless.
Distress has seized him—
pain, like a woman in labor.
Psalm 48:6 Trembling seized them there,
agony like that of a woman in labor,
agony like that of a woman in labor,
Isaiah 13:6 Wail! For the day of the Lord is near.
It will come like destruction from the Almighty.
It will come like destruction from the Almighty.
Isaiah 21:3 Therefore I am filled with anguish.
Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor.
I am too perplexed to hear,
too dismayed to see.
Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor.
I am too perplexed to hear,
too dismayed to see.
Daniel 5:6
his face turned pale, and his thoughts so terrified him that his hip joints shook and his knees knocked together.
Hosea 13:13 Labor pains come on him.
He is not a wise son;
when the time comes,
he will not be born.
He is not a wise son;
when the time comes,
he will not be born.
Micah 4:9 Now, why are you shouting loudly?
Is there no king with you?
Has your counselor perished
so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
Is there no king with you?
Has your counselor perished
so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
John 16:21 When a woman is in labor she has pain because her time has come. But when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a person has been born into the world.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
When they say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains come on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
Paleness
Isaiah 29:22
Therefore, the Lord who redeemed Abraham says this about the house of Jacob:
Jacob will no longer be ashamed
and his face will no longer be pale.
and his face will no longer be pale.
Joel 2:6 Nations writhe in horror before them;
all faces turn pale.
all faces turn pale.
Nahum 2:10 Desolation, decimation, devastation!
Hearts melt,
knees tremble,
loins shake,
every face grows pale!
Hearts melt,
knees tremble,
loins shake,
every face grows pale!
General references
Isaiah 26:17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth
writhes and cries out in her pains,
so we were before You, Lord.
writhes and cries out in her pains,
so we were before You, Lord.