30 Bible Verses about Birth

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Leviticus 12:7

and he shall offer it before Yahweh, and make atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood. "'This is the law for her who bears, whether a male or a female.

Leviticus 12:2

"Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'If a woman conceives, and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her monthly period she shall be unclean.

John 16:21

A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn't remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.

Isaiah 45:10

Woe to him who says to a father, 'What have you become the father of?' or to a mother, 'To what have you given birth?'"

Jeremiah 31:8

Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, [and] with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together: a great company shall they return here.

Exodus 1:16

and he said, "When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool; if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live."

Exodus 1:19

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

Romans 9:11

For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,

Deuteronomy 28:57

and toward her young one who comes out from between her feet, and toward her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in your gates.

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Birth » Pangs in giving

Psalm 48:6

Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.

Isaiah 13:8

They will be dismayed. Pangs and sorrows will seize them. They will be in pain like a woman in labor. They will look in amazement one at another. Their faces will be faces of flame.

Isaiah 21:3

Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have taken hold on me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can't hear. I so am dismayed that I can't see.

Jeremiah 4:31

For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her who brings forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, who gasps for breath, who spreads her hands, [saying], "Woe is me now! For my soul faints before the murderers."

Jeremiah 6:24

We have heard its report; our hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of us, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.

Birth » Giving, ordained to be in sorrow

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

Matthew 1:16

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

Humility of Christ » Exhibited in his » Birth

Luke 2:4-7

Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David; to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him as wife, being pregnant. It happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she should give birth. read more.
She brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.

New » Birth » Covenant

Jeremiah 31:31

Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

Romans 11:27

This is my covenant to them, when I will take away their sins."

Hebrews 8:8

For finding fault with them, he said, "Behold, the days come," says the Lord, "that I will make 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

2 Corinthians 3:3

being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.

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

Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed to your brother."

Birth, Physical

Job 10:8-12

"'Your hands have framed me and fashioned me altogether, yet you destroy me.

Births Foretold

Genesis 16:11

The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because Yahweh has heard your affliction.

From Birth

Psalm 22:10

I was thrown on you from my mother's womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.

Jesus' Birth

Isaiah 9:6-7

For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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