Bible Verses About Childbirth

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

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.

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

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

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

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

Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the Lord: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.

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

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

Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

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.

And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

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

Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb.

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.

Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord.

Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.

By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.

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

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.

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

And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.

And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.

But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

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

And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?

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.

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

Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

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

And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.

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

Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

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

I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.

And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.