John 16:21
A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.
Cross References
Genesis 3:16
To the woman He said: "I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."

Isaiah 13:8
Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look in astonishment at one another, their faces aflame with fear.

Isaiah 21:3
Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.

Isaiah 26:17
As a woman with child and about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, that is how we were in Your presence, O LORD.

Isaiah 66:7
Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.

Hosea 13:13
Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time has arrived, he does not present himself at the opening of the womb.

Micah 4:9
Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?

1 Thessalonians 5:3
While people are saying, "Peace and security," destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

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woman.

Genesis 3:16
To the woman He said: "I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."

Isaiah 26:16-18
O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer. . . .

Jeremiah 30:6, 7
Ask and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale? . . .

Hosea 13:13, 14
Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time has arrived, he does not present himself at the opening of the womb. . . .

Micah 4:10
Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!

Revelation 12:2-5
She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth. . . .

for.

Genesis 21:6, 7
Then Sarah said, "God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me." . . .

Genesis 30:23, 24
and she conceived and gave birth to a son. "God has taken away my shame, " she said. . . .

1 Samuel 1:26, 27
"Please, my lord, " said Hannah, "as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD. . . .

Psalm 113:9
He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!

Luke 1:57, 58
When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son. . . .

Galatians 4:27
For it is written: "Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman, than of her who has a husband."

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