The best Bible verses for pregnancy include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for pregnancy, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”"Genesis 17:17
"Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”"Genesis 17:17
"And she added, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”"Genesis 21:7
"These were the children born to Jacob by Zilpah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all."Genesis 46:18
"Any children born to you after them will be yours; in the territory they inherit they will be reckoned under the names of their brothers."Genesis 48:6
"Laban answered Jacob, “The women are my daughters, the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks. All you see is mine. Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine, or about the children they have borne?"Genesis 31:43
"His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child the moment it was born."Revelation 12:4
"The angel of the Lord appeared to her and said, “You are sterile and childless, but you are going to conceive and have a son."Judges 13:3
"and these were the children born to him there: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan and Solomon. These four were by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel."1 Chronicles 3:5
"These are the names of the children born to him there: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,"1 Chronicles 14:4
"The third day after my child was born, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one in the house but the two of us."1 Kings 3:18
"Those who were full hire themselves out for food, but those who were hungry hunger no more. She who was barren has borne seven children, but she who has had many sons pines away."1 Samuel 2:5
"These are the names of the children born to him there: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,"2 Samuel 5:14
"After Nathan had gone home, the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill."2 Samuel 12:15
"You are to allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the aliens who have settled among you and who have children. You are to consider them as native-born Israelites; along with you they are to be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel."Ezekiel 47:22
"“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."John 3:16
Scripture returns to pregnancy often enough that no single verse covers it. The 15 passages below come from across the Old and New Testaments, and they do not all say the same thing — read together they give a fuller picture than any one of them does alone.
Each links to a study page with the full passage, its context, and the text in six translations, so a verse that catches your attention can be followed properly rather than left as a fragment.
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The most-cited Bible verses for pregnancy are Genesis 17:17, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 46:18. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to pregnancy across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for pregnancy, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.