Bible Verses About Childbearing

Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.

And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.

And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

And the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.

Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

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

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.

So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son.

Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;

Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.

Now when she had weaned Lo–ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.

And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the Lord.

But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.

(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)

And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.

And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.

And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:

My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.

And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.

From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children.