Bible Verses about “infertility”

“Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.”

“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”

“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.”

“‹These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.›”

“He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.”

“And not only [so], but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;”

“And patience, experience; and experience, hope:”

“Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;”

“‹Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive› [them], ‹and ye shall have› [them].”

“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.”

“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.”

“Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.”

“For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:”

“And 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.”

“And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she [was] barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.”

“Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Thy wife [shall be] as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.”

“And he had two wives; the name of the one [was] Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.”

“And she [was] in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.”

“Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.”

“And [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.”

“Then 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?”

“And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.”

“And 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].”

“And 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.”

“Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.”

“But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.”

“¶ 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.”

“And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child [was] young.”

“Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant [thee] thy petition that thou hast asked of him.”

“And she said, Oh my lord, [as] thy soul liveth, my lord, I [am] the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.”

“And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.”

“And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.”

“And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.”

“And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.”

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

“And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, [were] there.”

“¶ So 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.”

“And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.”

“But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, [I will not go up] until the child be weaned, and [then] I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.”

“And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.”

“¶ Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name [was] Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:”

“And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:”

“And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, [and] to prove thee, to know what [was] in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.”