Scriptures about childbirth, pregnancy, and the blessing of children.
13 Scriptures · “Father’s Blessing” Bible
Psalm 127:3
Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
Psalm 139:13–16
13 For You formed my inward parts and knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows this very well. 15 My bones were not hidden from You when I was being made in secret, intricately formed in the depths of the womb. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in Your book all my days were written, the days ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.
Jeremiah 1:5
Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, and before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.
Luke 1:41–45
41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, 42 and she exclaimed with a loud voice and said: Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 43 And how has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For behold, when the voice of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped for joy in my womb. 45 And blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.
Psalm 113:9
He gives the barren woman a home, making her a joyful mother of children. Hallelujah!
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, saying: Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea [and over the animals,] and over the birds of the air, [and over every animal, and over all the earth,] and over every creeping thing that crawls on the earth.
1 Samuel 1:27–28
27 I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of Him; 28 so I now give him to the Lord for all the days of his life, to serve the Lord. And he worshiped the Lord there.
Matthew 19:14
But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
Numbers 6:24–26
24 May the Lord bless you and keep you! 25 May the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you! 26 May the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace!
Psalm 128:3–4
3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your sons will be like olive shoots around your table. 4 Thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord!
Isaiah 66:9
“Shall I bring to the point of birth and not deliver?” says the Lord. “Shall I, who gives the strength to deliver, close the womb?” says your God.
John 16:21
A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow because her hour has come; but when she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers her anguish for joy that a person has been born into the world.
Luke 2:6–7
6 While they were there, the time came for her to give birth; 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn Son, wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
