'Pains' in the Bible

All these things are the beginning of birth pains.

For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines. These are but the beginning of birth pains.

But God raised him up, having released him from the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power.

My children -- I am again undergoing birth pains until Christ is formed in you!

For it is written: "Rejoice, O barren woman who does not bear children; break forth and shout, you who have no birth pains, because the children of the desolate woman are more numerous than those of the woman who has a husband."

Now when they are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.

Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that everyone will see your progress.

For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains.

She was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling to give birth.