13 occurrences

'Childless' in the Bible

But Abram said, “Lord God, what can You give me, since I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

Verse ConceptsAbrahamMoney, Stewardship OfWhat God Gives

If a man sleeps with his aunt, he has shamed his uncle; they will bear their guilt and die childless.

Verse ConceptsIncurring GuiltOffspringForbidden Sexual RelationshipsReasons For BarrennessNakedness Uncovered

He had two wives, the first named Hannah and the second Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless.

Verse ConceptsTwoMothers, Examples OfChildlessnessTwo WomenNamed WivesWifeKids

Samuel declared:As your sword has made women childless,so your mother will be childless among women.Then he hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.

Verse ConceptsDeath penaltySwordsPeople Cut In PiecesReasons For BarrennessKilling Kings

They prey on the childless woman who is unable to conceive,and do not deal kindly with the widow.

Verse ConceptsAbhorKindnessAttitudes To BarrennessNot Helping Widows

I scattered them with a winnowing forkat the gates of the land.I made them childless; I destroyed My people.They would not turn from their ways.

Verse ConceptsToolsWinnowingBereavementGod Will Kill His People

Therefore, hand their children over to famine,and pour the sword’s power on them.Let their wives become childless and widowed,their husbands slain by deadly disease,their young men struck down by the sword in battle.

Verse ConceptsRevenge, Examples OfFamine KillingApproval To Kill

This is what the Lord says:Record this man as childless,a man who will not be successful in his lifetime.None of his descendants will succeedin sitting on the throne of Davidor ruling again in Judah.

Verse ConceptsOffspringReasons For BarrennessNot ProsperingThe Dynasty Of David

I will send famine and dangerous animals against you. They will leave you childless, Jerusalem. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, Yahweh, have spoken.”

Verse ConceptsWar As God's JudgmentFamine Coming From GodBereavementKilling Will Happen

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother has a wife, and dies childless, his brother should take the wife and produce offspring for his brother.

Verse ConceptsOffspringWidowsConceptionQuestioning ChristLack Of Sons

He didn’t give him an inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, but He promised to give it to him as a possession, and to his descendants after him, even though he was childless.

Verse ConceptsGod Gave The LandGod's Promise To AbrahamNo Earthly Inheritance

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