Bible Verses About Childlessness

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.

But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

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.

Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

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

Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:

Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

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

The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.

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

Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.

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

He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

Thus saith the Lord, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.

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.

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.

There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.

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.

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.

And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.

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.