What Does the Bible Say About Barrenness?

“But Sarai was barren; she had no child.”

“And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. Sarah: that is Princess”

“So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.”

“For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.”

“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 when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.”

“And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.”

“And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:”

“There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.”

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

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

“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. when: or, from the time that she, etc: Heb. from her going up”

“And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.”

“There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.”

“Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. arrogancy: Heb. hard”

“The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.”

“They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.”

“The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.”

“The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.”

“He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.”

“He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.”

“The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.”

“And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.”

“He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD. to keep: Heb. to dwell in an house”

“And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. let: Heb. let thy name be called upon us to take: or, take thou away”

“Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.”

“There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.”

“And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.”

“Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.”

“For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.”

“For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.”