30 Bible Verses about Birth

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Leviticus 12:7

and he shall offer it before the LORD and make atonement for her. Then she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, either male or female.

Leviticus 12:2

"Speak to the people of Israel, saying, 'If a woman conceives and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days. As at the time of her menstruation, she shall be unclean.

John 16:21

When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.

Isaiah 45:10

Woe to him who says to a father, 'What are you begetting?' or to a woman, 'With what are you in labor?'"

Jeremiah 31:8

Behold, I will bring them from the north country and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, among them the blind and the lame, the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together; a great company, they shall return here.

Exodus 1:16

"When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live."

Exodus 1:19

The midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them."

Romans 9:11

though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad--in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls--

Deuteronomy 28:57

her afterbirth that comes out from between her feet and her children whom she bears, because lacking everything she will eat them secretly, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in your towns.

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Birth » Pangs in giving

Psalm 48:6

Trembling took hold of them there, anguish as of a woman in labor.

Isaiah 13:8

They will be dismayed: pangs and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at one another; their faces will be aflame.

Isaiah 21:3

Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labor; I am bowed down so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.

Jeremiah 4:31

For I heard a cry as of a woman in labor, anguish as of one giving birth to her first child, the cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands, "Woe is me! I am fainting before murderers."

Jeremiah 6:24

We have heard the report of it; our hands fall helpless; anguish has taken hold of us, pain as of a woman in labor.

Birth » Giving, ordained to be in sorrow

the Human nature of Christ » Is proved by his » Birth

Matthew 1:16

and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

Humility of Christ » Exhibited in his » Birth

Luke 2:4-7

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. read more.
And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

New » Birth » Covenant

Jeremiah 31:31

"Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,

Romans 11:27

"and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins."

Hebrews 8:8

For he finds fault with them when he says:"Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,

More verses: Hebrews 8:10

New » Birth » By the word of God

New » Birth » Necessary to salvation

New » Birth » Essential to spiritual vision

New » Birth » A new creation

New » Birth » Birth of a new spirit

New » Birth » Obtained by faith

New » Birth » Of divine origin

Topics on Birth

Birth Control

Genesis 38:8-10

Then Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother."

Birth Not Being Possible

Isaiah 66:9

Shall I bring to the point of birth and not cause to bring forth?" says the LORD; "shall I, who cause to bring forth, shut the womb?" says your God.

Birth, Physical

Job 10:8-12

Your hands fashioned and made me, and now you have destroyed me altogether.

Births Foretold

Genesis 16:11

And the angel of the LORD said to her, "Behold, you are pregnant and shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has listened to your affliction.

From Birth

Psalm 22:10

On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother's womb you have been my God.

Jesus' Birth

Isaiah 9:6-7

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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