Barrenness

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Bible verses about “Barrenness”

The first verses cited, in the King James Version.

• Genesis 30:22And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
• Genesis 30:23And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
• 1 Samuel 1:6And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.
• 1 Samuel 1:7And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
• 1 Samuel 2:1And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
• 1 Samuel 2:2There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
• 1 Samuel 2:3Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
• 1 Samuel 2:4The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
• 1 Samuel 2:5They 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.
• 1 Samuel 2:6The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
• 1 Samuel 2:7The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
• 1 Samuel 2:8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.
• 1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
• 1 Samuel 2:10The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
• 1 Samuel 2:11And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest.
• Isaiah 4:1And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
• Luke 1:25Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
• Genesis 17:15And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
• Genesis 17:16And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
• Genesis 17:17Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
• Genesis 17:18And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
• Genesis 17:19And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
• Genesis 17:20And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
• Genesis 17:21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
• Genesis 25:21And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
• 1 Samuel 1:8Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
• 1 Samuel 1:9So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the Lord.
• 1 Samuel 1:10And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.
• 1 Samuel 1:11And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
• 1 Samuel 1:12And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth.
• 1 Samuel 1:13Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
• 1 Samuel 1:14And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
• 1 Samuel 1:15And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord.
• 1 Samuel 1:16Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
• 1 Samuel 1:17Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
• 1 Samuel 1:18And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
• 1 Samuel 1:19And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her.
• 1 Samuel 1:20Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord.
• Luke 1:5There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
• Luke 1:6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.