30 Bible Verses about Birth
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A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
who shall offer it before the LORD and reconcile her, and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that has given birth to a male or a female.
Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, If a woman has conceived seed and gives birth to a man child, then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her menses shall she be unclean.
The woman, when she is in travail, has pain, because her hour is come; but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembers the anguish no more, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Woe unto him that says unto his father, Why dost thou beget? or to the woman, Why hast thou brought forth?
Behold, I turn them from the land of the north wind and gather them from the coasts of the earth; there shall be blind and lame among them, and women with child and those that travail with child together; a great company shall return there.
and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women and see the sex, if it is a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.
And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women, for they are lively and are delivered before the midwives come in unto them.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
(for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand: not of works, but of him that calls),
For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.
and toward her young one that comes out from between her feet and toward her children which she shall bear, for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness with which thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates,
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Birth » Pangs in giving
And they shall be filled with terror; anguish and pain shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travails: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
Therefore my loins are filled with pain; pangs have taken hold upon me as the pangs of a woman that travails; I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her that brings forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewails herself, that spreads her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is faint because of the murderers.
We have heard the fame thereof; our hands wax feeble; anguish has taken hold of us, and pain as of a woman in travail.
Birth » Giving, ordained to be in sorrow
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth sons; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
the Human nature of Christ » Is proved by his » Birth
And she brought forth her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn.
saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? We have seen his star in the east and are come to worship him.
Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Humility of Christ » Exhibited in his » Birth
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth into Judaea unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem (because he was of the house and family of David) to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it was that while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. read more.
And she brought forth her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn.
New » Birth » Covenant
and to Jesus, the mediator of the new testament and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaks better than that of Abel.
Behold, the days come, said the LORD, in which I will make a new covenant with the house of Jacob and with the house of Judah:
for this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
and this shall be my covenant unto them when I shall take away their sins.
For finding fault with them, he said, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new testament with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,
New » Birth » By the word of God
Beloved, let us love one another, for charity is of God. Anyone that loves is born of God and knows God.
If ye know that he is righteous, also know that any one that does righteousness is born of him.
being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides for ever.
Whosoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
New » Birth » Necessary to salvation
not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Christ, who according to his great mercy has begotten us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus, the Christ, from the dead,
He, of his own will, has begotten us with the word of truth, that we should be the firstfruits of his creatures.
New » Birth » Essential to spiritual vision
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a person be born again from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
New » Birth » A new creation
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are made new.
New » Birth » Birth of a new spirit
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
New » Birth » Obtained by faith
Whosoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God; and anyone that loves him that begat also loves him that is born of him.
New » Birth » Of divine origin
who are not born of blood, nor of the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Topics on Birth
Babies Sinful From Birth
Psalm 51:5Behold, the pain of my iniquity has caused me to writhe; my mother conceived me so that sin might be removed from me.
Birth Control
Genesis 38:8-10Then Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife and marry her and raise up seed to thy brother.
Birth Not Being Possible
Isaiah 66:9I, who make births to happen, shall I not be with child? saith the LORD; I, who causes conception, shall I be stopped? saith thy God.
Birth, Physical
Job 10:8-12Thine hands have formed me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
Birth, Spiritual
John 3:3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a person be born again from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Births Foretold
Genesis 16:11And the angel of the LORD yet said unto her, Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son and shalt call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has heard thy affliction.
Jesus Birth
Matthew 1:18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: That being, his mother Mary espoused to Joseph (before they came together) she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus' Birth
Isaiah 9:6-7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government is placed upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called The Wonderful One, The Counsellor, The God, The Mighty One, The Eternal Father, The Prince of Peace.
Miraculous Births
Matthew 1:18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: That being, his mother Mary espoused to Joseph (before they came together) she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.
New Birth
John 3:3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a person be born again from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
New Birth, Described As
2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are made new.
New Birth, Evidenced By
1 John 5:1Whosoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God; and anyone that loves him that begat also loves him that is born of him.
New Birth, Necessity Of
John 3:3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a person be born again from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
New Birth, Results Of
Ephesians 4:24and that ye put on the new man, which is created in conformity to God in righteousness and in the holiness of the truth.
New Birth, The Means Of
John 1:13who are not born of blood, nor of the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
The Virgin Birth
Matthew 1:23Behold, a virgin shall conceive and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is God With Us.