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.
Maketh
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Bible References
Maketh
Psalm 68:6
God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners into prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
Genesis 21:5
And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born to him.
Genesis 25:21
And Isaac entreated LORD for his wife, because she was barren. And LORD was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Genesis 30:22
And God remembered Rachel. And God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
1 Samuel 2:5
Those who were full have hired out themselves for bread, and those who were hungry have ceased [to hunger]. Yea, the barren has borne seven, and she who has many sons languishes.
Isaiah 54:1
Sing, O barren, thou who did not bear. Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou who did not travail with child. For more are the sons of the desolate than the sons of the married woman, says LORD.
Luke 1:13
But the agent said to him, Fear not, Zacharias, because thy plea was heard, and thy wife Elizabeth will bear a son for thee. And thou shall call his name John.
Galatians 4:27
For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren woman not giving birth. Burst forth and shout, thou not suffering birth pains, because many more are the children of the desolate than of her who has the husband.
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2 Kings 4:17
And the woman conceived, and bore a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said to her.