Bible Verses about “conception”
The Bible contains 48 verses about conception across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.”
“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.”
“And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”
“For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.”
“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, [and] I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”
“As arrows [are] in the hand of a mighty man; so [are] children of the youth.”
“Happy [is] the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.”
“My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.”
“Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them.”
“For with God nothing shall be impossible.”
“He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [and to be] a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.”
“And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.”
“And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.”
“And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she [was] barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.”
“And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.”
“Wherefore 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.”
“He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:”
“And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.”
“And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.”
“There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.”
“Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?”
“¶ And 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.”
“Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on [me], to take away my reproach among men.”
“Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.”
“And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,”
“For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”
“¶ And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.”
“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.”
“Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean [thing]:”
“But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean [thing]: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.”
“¶ And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.”
“Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance [was] like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he [was], neither told he me his name:”
“¶ Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.”
“And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband [was] not with her.”
“And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the [other] day.”
“And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, [Art] thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I [am].”
“And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and [how] shall we do unto him?”
“And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.”
“She may not eat of any [thing] that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean [thing]: all that I commanded her let her observe.”
“¶ And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.”
“And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he [was] an angel of the LORD.”
“And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What [is] thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?”
“And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it [is] secret?”
“So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered [it] upon a rock unto the LORD: and [the angel] did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.”
“For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on [it], and fell on their faces to the ground.”
“But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he [was] an angel of the LORD.”
“And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.”
“But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these [things], nor would as at this time have told us [such things] as these.”