pregnancy

The 13 most-voted verses about pregnancy, from 9 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

Psalm 127:3 (BSB)

Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.

Psalm 127:3 (KJV)

Behold, children are a heritage of the LORD. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

Psalm 127:3 (WEB)

For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

Psalm 139:13 (BSB)

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

Psalm 139:13 (KJV)

For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

Psalm 139:13 (WEB)

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Jeremiah 1:5 (BSB)

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, [and] I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Jeremiah 1:5 (KJV)

“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Jeremiah 1:5 (WEB)

A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.

John 16:21 (BSB)

A woman when she is in travail 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.

John 16:21 (KJV)

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.

John 16:21 (WEB)

Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?

Job 31:15 (BSB)

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

Job 31:15 (KJV)

Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?

Job 31:15 (WEB)

As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.

Ecclesiastes 11:5 (BSB)

As thou knowest not what [is] the way of the spirit, [nor] how the bones [do grow] in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

Ecclesiastes 11:5 (KJV)

As you don’t know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don’t know the work of God who does all.

Ecclesiastes 11:5 (WEB)

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!

Isaiah 49:15 (BSB)

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

Isaiah 49:15 (KJV)

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!

Isaiah 49:15 (WEB)

The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.

Genesis 16:11 (BSB)

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou [art] with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.

Genesis 16:11 (KJV)

The LORD’s angel said to her, “Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has heard your affliction.

Genesis 16:11 (WEB)

Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

Genesis 25:21 (BSB)

And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she [was] barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Genesis 25:21 (KJV)

Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. The LORD was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Genesis 25:21 (WEB)

He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.

Deuteronomy 7:13 (BSB)

And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

Deuteronomy 7:13 (KJV)

He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your livestock and the young of your flock, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you.

Deuteronomy 7:13 (WEB)

He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!

Psalm 113:9 (BSB)

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [and to be] a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.

Psalm 113:9 (KJV)

He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD!

Psalm 113:9 (WEB)

He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,

Luke 1:14 (BSB)

And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

Luke 1:14 (KJV)

You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.

Luke 1:14 (WEB)

Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’

Luke 23:29 (BSB)

For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed [are] the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

Luke 23:29 (KJV)

For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’

Luke 23:29 (WEB)

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