Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.

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Bible References

Maketh

Psalm 68:6
God makes a home for the lonely;
He leads out the prisoners into prosperity,
Only the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
Genesis 21:5
Now Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
Genesis 25:21
Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord answered him and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Genesis 30:22
Then God remembered Rachel, and God gave heed to her and opened her womb.
1 Samuel 2:5
“Those who were full hire themselves out for bread,
But those who were hungry cease to hunger.
Even the barren gives birth to seven,
But she who has many children languishes.
Isaiah 54:1
Shout for joy, O barren one, you who have borne no child;
Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not travailed;
For the sons of the desolate one will be more numerous
Than the sons of the married woman,” says the Lord.
Luke 1:13
But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your petition has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will give him the name John.
Galatians 4:27
For it is written,
Rejoice, barren woman who does not bear;
Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor;
For more numerous are the children of the desolate
Than of the one who has a husband.”

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2 Kings 4:17
The woman conceived and bore a son at that season the next year, as Elisha had said to her.