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.

Jeremiah 30:6-7

Ask and see
whether a male can give birth.
Why then do I see every man
with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor
and every face turned pale?

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.

Genesis 3:16

He said to the woman:

I will intensify your labor pains;
you will bear children in anguish.
Your desire will be for your husband,
yet he will rule over you.

Genesis 21:6-7

Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears will laugh with me.”

Genesis 30:23-24

She conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my shame.”

1 Samuel 1:26-27

“Please, my lord,” she said, “as sure as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord.

Psalm 113:9

He gives the childless woman a household,
making her the joyful mother of children.
Hallelujah!

Isaiah 13:8

They will be horrified;
pain and agony will seize them;
they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.
They will look at each other,
their faces flushed with fear.

Isaiah 26:16-18

Lord, they went to You in their distress;
they poured out whispered prayers
because Your discipline fell on them.

Hosea 13:13-14

Labor pains come on him.
He is not a wise son;
when the time comes,
he will not be born.

Micah 4:10

Writhe and cry out, Daughter Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for now you will leave the city
and camp in the open fields.
You will go to Babylon;
there you will be rescued;
there the Lord will redeem you
from the power of your enemies!

Luke 1:57-58

Now the time had come for Elizabeth to give birth, and she had a son.

Galatians 4:27

For it is written:

Rejoice, childless woman,
who does not give birth.
Burst into song and shout,
you who are not in labor,
for the children of the desolate are many,
more numerous than those
of the woman who has a husband.

Revelation 12:2-5

She was pregnant and cried out in labor and agony as she was about to give birth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

General references

Bible References

Woman

Genesis 3:16
He said to the woman:

I will intensify your labor pains;
you will bear children in anguish.
Your desire will be for your husband,
yet he will rule over you.
Isaiah 26:16
Lord, they went to You in their distress;
they poured out whispered prayers
because Your discipline fell on them.
Jeremiah 30:6
Ask and see
whether a male can give birth.
Why then do I see every man
with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor
and every face turned pale?
Hosea 13:13
Labor pains come on him.
He is not a wise son;
when the time comes,
he will not be born.
Micah 4:10
Writhe and cry out, Daughter Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for now you will leave the city
and camp in the open fields.
You will go to Babylon;
there you will be rescued;
there the Lord will redeem you
from the power of your enemies!
Revelation 12:2
She was pregnant and cried out in labor and agony as she was about to give birth.

For

Genesis 21:6
Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears will laugh with me.”
Genesis 30:23
She conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my shame.”
1 Samuel 1:26
“Please, my lord,” she said, “as sure as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord.
Psalm 113:9
He gives the childless woman a household,
making her the joyful mother of children.
Hallelujah!
Luke 1:57
Now the time had come for Elizabeth to give birth, and she had a son.
Galatians 4:27
For it is written:

Rejoice, childless woman,
who does not give birth.
Burst into song and shout,
you who are not in labor,
for the children of the desolate are many,
more numerous than those
of the woman who has a husband.

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.
Matthew 5:4
Those who mourn are blessed,
for they will be comforted.
John 16:6
Yet, because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

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