Bible Verses about “childlessness”
The Bible contains 17 verses about childlessness across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.”
“But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.”
“As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.”
“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. A Song of Ascents.”
“He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away."”
“"Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.”
“For thus says Yahweh, "To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant:”
“to them I will give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.”
“For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.'”
“Neither let the foreigner, who has joined himself to Yahweh, speak, saying, "Yahweh will surely separate me from his people;" neither let the eunuch say, "Behold, I am a dry tree."”
“"Sing, barren, you who didn't bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife," says Yahweh.”
“She said, "Let your handmaid find favor in your sight." So the woman went her way, and ate; and her facial expression wasn't sad any more.”
“Hannah answered, "No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Yahweh.”
“Don't count your handmaid for a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation."”
“Then Eli answered, "Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him."”
“For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can't live with you.”
“"'If a man takes his brother's wife, it is an impurity: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.”