24 Bible Verses about childbearing

Notwithstanding, through bearing of children they shall be saved, so they continue in faith, love, and holiness with discretion.

And unto the woman he said, "I will surely increase thy sorrow and make thee oft with child, and with pain shalt thou be delivered: And thy lusts shall pertain unto thy husband and he shall rule thee."

My little children - of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be fashioned in you -

Abraham and Sara were both old and well stricken in age, and it ceased to be with Sara after the manner as it is with wives.

A woman when she travaileth hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

like as when a wife bringeth forth a man child, before she suffer the pain of the birth and anguish of the travail.

Through faith Sarah also received strength to be with child, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful which had promised.

Woe shall be in those days to them that are with child, and to them that give suck.

Like as a woman with child, when her travail cometh upon her, is sorry and crieth in her pains: Even so are we, O LORD, in thy sight.

For we know that every creature groaneth with us also, and travaileth in pain even unto this time.

If she bear a maidchild, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as when she hath her natural disease. And she shall continue in the blood of her purifying sixty six days.

All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant, even so are the young children.

But woe be to them that be with child, and to them that give suck in those days, for there shall be great trouble in the land: and wrath over all this people.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, and said,

We have been with child, and suffered pain as though we had brought forth wind. For there is no salvation in the earth, neither do the inhabiters of the world submit them selves.

And she conceived yet again, and bare a son, saying, "Now will I praise the LORD!" Therefore she called his name Judah, and left bearing.

And the midwives answered Pharaoh, that the Hebrews' women were not as the women of Egypt: but were sturdy women, and were delivered yer the midwives came at them.

And as she was in pains of her labour, the midwife said unto her, "Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also."

And about the time of her death, the women that stood about her, said unto her, "Fear not for thou hast borne a son." But she answered not, nor regarded it.

Ephraim flyeth like a bird, so shall their glory also: Insomuch that they shall neither beget, conceive nor bear children.

Moreover, I will put hatred between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. And that seed shall tread thee on the head, and thou shalt tread it on the heel."

And upon those members of that body which we think least honest, put we most honesty on. And our ungoodly parts have most beauty on.

And he fainted not in the faith, nor yet considered his own body, which was now dead, even when he was almost a hundred years old: neither yet that Sara was past childbearing.