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 settles those who have been deserted in their own homes; he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity. But sinful rebels live in the desert.
Genesis 21:5
(Now Abraham was a 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 childless. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.
Genesis 30:22
Then God took note of Rachel. He paid attention to her and enabled her to become pregnant.
1 Samuel 2:5
Those who are well-fed hire themselves out to earn food, but the hungry no longer lack. Even the barren woman gives birth to seven, but the one with many children withers away.
Isaiah 54:1
"Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth! Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one are more numerous than the children of the married woman," says the Lord.
Luke 1:13
But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you will name him John.
Galatians 4:27
For it is written: "Rejoice, O barren woman who does not bear children; break forth and shout, you who have no birth pains, because the children of the desolate woman are more numerous than those of the woman who has a husband."
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2 Kings 4:17
The woman did conceive, and at the specified time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.