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 provides homes for those who are deserted.
He leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
but the rebellious live in a scorched land.
Genesis 21:5
Abraham was 100 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 childless. The Lord heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
Genesis 30:22
Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb.
1 Samuel 2:5
Those who are full hire themselves out for food,
but those who are starving hunger no more.
The woman who is childless gives birth to seven,
but the woman with many sons pines away.
Isaiah 54:1
“Rejoice, childless one, who did not give birth;
burst into song and shout,
you who have not been in labor!
For the children of the forsaken one will be more
than the children of the married woman,”
says the Lord.
Luke 1:13
But the angel said to him:

Do not be afraid, Zechariah,
because your prayer has been heard.
Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son,
and you will name him John.
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

2 Kings 4:17
The woman conceived and gave birth to a son at the same time the following year, as Elisha had promised her.

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