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 uproot what was planted;
The priest is to present it before the Lord and make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean from her flow of blood. This is the law of the one who bears a child, for the male or the female child.
"Tell the Israelites, 'When a woman produces offspring and bears a male child, she will be unclean seven days, as she is unclean during the days of her menstruation.
When a woman gives birth, she has distress because her time has come, but when her child is born, she no longer remembers the suffering because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world.
Danger awaits one who says to his father, "What in the world are you fathering?" and to his mother, "What in the world are you bringing forth?"
Then I will reply, 'I will bring them back from the land of the north. I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth. Blind and lame people will come with them, so will pregnant women and women about to give birth. A vast throng of people will come back here.
"When you assist the Hebrew women in childbirth, observe at the delivery: If it is a son, kill him, but if it is a daughter, she may live."
The midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women -- for the Hebrew women are vigorous; they give birth before the midwife gets to them!"
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
even before they were born or had done anything good or bad (so that God's purpose in election would stand, not by works but by his calling) --
For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman. But all things come from God.
and will secretly eat her afterbirth and her newborn children (since she has nothing else), because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages.
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Birth » Pangs in giving
They panic -- cramps and pain seize hold of them like those of a woman who is straining to give birth. They look at one another in astonishment; their faces are flushed red.
For this reason my stomach churns; cramps overwhelm me like the contractions of a woman in labor. I am disturbed by what I hear, horrified by what I see.
In fact, I hear a cry like that of a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like that of a woman giving birth to her first baby. It is the cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath, reaching out for help, saying, "I am done in! My life is ebbing away before these murderers!"
The people cry out, "We have heard reports about them! We have become helpless with fear! Anguish grips us, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby!
Birth » Giving, ordained to be in sorrow
To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your labor pains; with pain you will give birth to children. You will want to control your husband, but he will dominate you."
the Human nature of Christ » Is proved by his » Birth
And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
saying, "Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him."
and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
Humility of Christ » Exhibited in his » Birth
So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David. He went to be registered with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him, and who was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. read more.
And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
New » Birth » Covenant
and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks of something better than Abel's does.
"Indeed, a time is coming," says the Lord, "when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.
for this is my blood, the blood of the covenant, that is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
But showing its fault, God says to them, "Look, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will complete a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
New » Birth » By the word of God
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.
If you know that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been fathered by him.
You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.
Everyone who has been fathered by God does not practice sin, because God's seed resides in him, and thus he is not able to sin, because he has been fathered by God.
New » Birth » Necessary to salvation
he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
New » Birth » Essential to spiritual vision
Jesus replied, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
revealing that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tablets of human hearts.
New » Birth » A new creation
So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away -- look, what is new has come!
New » Birth » Birth of a new spirit
I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone from your body and give you a heart of flesh.
New » Birth » Obtained by faith
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father loves the child fathered by him.
New » Birth » Of divine origin
-- children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband's decision, but by God.
Topics on Birth
Babies Sinful From Birth
Psalm 51:5Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.
Birth Control
Genesis 38:8-10Then Judah said to Onan, "Have sexual relations with your brother's wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her so that you may raise up a descendant for your brother."
Birth Not Being Possible
Isaiah 66:9"Do I bring a baby to the birth opening and then not deliver it?" asks the Lord. "Or do I bring a baby to the point of delivery and then hold it back?" asks your God.
Birth, Physical
Job 10:8-12"Your hands have shaped me and made me, but now you destroy me completely.
Birth, Spiritual
John 3:3Jesus replied, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
Births Foretold
Genesis 16:11Then the Lord's angel said to her, "You are now pregnant and are about to give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard your painful groans.
From Birth
Psalm 22:10I have been dependent on you since birth; from the time I came out of my mother's womb you have been my God.
Jesus Birth
Matthew 1:18Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
Jesus' Birth
Isaiah 9:6-7For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Extraordinary Strategist, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Miraculous Births
Matthew 1:18Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
New Birth
John 3:3Jesus replied, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
New Birth, Described As
2 Corinthians 5:17So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away -- look, what is new has come!
New Birth, Evidenced By
1 John 5:1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father loves the child fathered by him.
New Birth, Necessity Of
John 3:3Jesus replied, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
New Birth, Results Of
Ephesians 4:24and to put on the new man who has been created in God's image -- in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth.
New Birth, The Means Of
John 1:13-- children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband's decision, but by God.
The Virgin Birth
Matthew 1:23"Look! The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call him Emmanuel," which means "God with us."
