John 16:21

When a woman is in labor she has pain, because her time has come. Yet when she has given birth to her child, she doesn't remember the agony anymore because of the joy of having brought a human being into the world.

Jeremiah 30:6-7

Ask about this and think about it Can a man give birth to a child? Why then do I see every strong man with his hands on his thighs like a woman giving birth, and all their faces have turned pale?

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people say, "There is peace and security," destruction will strike them as suddenly as labor pains come to a pregnant woman, and they will not be able to escape.

Genesis 3:16

He told the woman, "I'll greatly increase the pain of your labor during childbirth. It will be painful for you to bear children, "since your trust is turning toward your husband, and he will dominate you."

Genesis 21:6-7

Now Sarah had said, "God has caused me to laugh, and all who hear about it will laugh with me."

Genesis 30:23-24

so she conceived, bore a son, and remarked, "God has removed my shame."

1 Samuel 1:26-27

Hannah said, "Sir, as surely as you are alive, I'm the woman who stood before you here praying to the LORD.

Psalm 113:9

He makes the barren woman among her household a happy mother of joyful children. Hallelujah!

Isaiah 13:8

They will be terrified; pain and anguish will seize them; they'll writhe like a woman in labor. They'll look aghast at one another; and their faces will be ablaze with fear.

Isaiah 26:16-18

LORD, they came to you in distress; they poured out their secret prayer when your chastenings were afflicting them.

Hosea 13:13-14

When the time of childbirth comes, he will be so foolish that he will refuse to be born."

Micah 4:10

Be in pain! Be in labor, you daughter of Zion, like a woman about to give birth, because now you will depart from the city, living in the open fields. To Babylon you will go. There you will be delivered, there the LORD will rescue you from the power of your enemies."

Luke 1:57-58

When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.

Galatians 4:27

For it is written, "Rejoice, you childless woman, who cannot give birth to any children! Break into song and shout, you who feel no pains of childbirth! For the children of the deserted woman are more numerous than the children of the woman who has a husband."

Revelation 12:2-5

She was pregnant and was crying out from her labor pains, the agony of giving 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 told the woman, "I'll greatly increase the pain of your labor during childbirth. It will be painful for you to bear children, "since your trust is turning toward your husband, and he will dominate you."
Isaiah 26:16
LORD, they came to you in distress; they poured out their secret prayer when your chastenings were afflicting them.
Jeremiah 30:6
Ask about this and think about it Can a man give birth to a child? Why then do I see every strong man with his hands on his thighs like a woman giving birth, and all their faces have turned pale?
Hosea 13:13
When the time of childbirth comes, he will be so foolish that he will refuse to be born."
Micah 4:10
Be in pain! Be in labor, you daughter of Zion, like a woman about to give birth, because now you will depart from the city, living in the open fields. To Babylon you will go. There you will be delivered, there the LORD will rescue you from the power of your enemies."
Revelation 12:2
She was pregnant and was crying out from her labor pains, the agony of giving birth.

For

Genesis 21:6
Now Sarah had said, "God has caused me to laugh, and all who hear about it will laugh with me."
Genesis 30:23
so she conceived, bore a son, and remarked, "God has removed my shame."
1 Samuel 1:26
Hannah said, "Sir, as surely as you are alive, I'm the woman who stood before you here praying to the LORD.
Psalm 113:9
He makes the barren woman among her household a happy mother of joyful children. Hallelujah!
Luke 1:57
When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
Galatians 4:27
For it is written, "Rejoice, you childless woman, who cannot give birth to any children! Break into song and shout, you who feel no pains of childbirth! For the children of the deserted woman are more numerous than the children of the woman who has a husband."

General references

Isaiah 26:17
Just as a pregnant woman writhes and cries out during her labor when she is about to give birth, so were we because of you, LORD.
Matthew 5:4
"How blessed are those who mourn, because it is they who will be comforted!
John 16:6
But because I have told you this, sorrow has filled your hearts.

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