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What does the Bible say about being pregnant?

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The Bible teaches that pregnancy is a sacred work of God, who forms life in the womb, knows each child personally, and gives children as a gracious heritage. Psalm 139:13-16 celebrates God’s intimate care in forming us before birth, while Jeremiah 1:5 shows that his knowledge and purpose precede our birth. Psalm 127:3-5 calls children a gift from the Lord, and Hannah’s prayer in 1 Samuel 1:27 models thankful dependence on him. Scripture also portrays God’s tender compassion for mothers in Isaiah 49:15. Believers may therefore bring hopes, fears, and needs concerning pregnancy to God in prayer, trusting his wise providence and hearing his will.

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  • Psalms 127:3 8 votes

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

  • Jeremiah 1:5 6 votes

    Before I formed you in the belly I knew you, and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.

  • 1 Samuel 1:27 4 votes

    For this child I prayed; and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him:

  • Isaiah 49:15 4 votes

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

  • 1 John 5:14-15 4 votes

    [14] This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us. [15] And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

  • Psalms 139:13-16 4 votes

    [13] For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb. [14] I will give thanks to you, For I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well. [15] My frame wasn't hidden from you, When I was made in secret, Woven together in the depths of the earth. [16] Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there were none of them.

  • Luke 2:11 2 votes

    For there is born to you, this day, in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

  • Psalms 127:3-5 2 votes

    [3] Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. [4] As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth. [5] Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won't be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

  • Luke 1:41 2 votes

    It happened, when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, that the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

  • Exodus 21:22-25 2 votes

    [22] "If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman's husband demands and the judges allow. [23] But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life, [24] eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, [25] burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.

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