Hosea 13:13
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13 (A)The sorrows of a woman in childbirth shall come upon him.
He is an unwise son,
For he should not stay long where children are born.
Isaiah 37:3
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3 And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of (A)trouble and rebuke and [a]blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to bring them forth.
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- Isaiah 37:3 contempt
Isaiah 13:8
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8 And they will be afraid.
(A)Pangs[a] and sorrows will take hold of them;
They will be in pain as a woman in childbirth;
They will be amazed at one another;
Their faces will be like flames.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:8 Sharp pains
Micah 4:9-10
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9 Now why do you cry aloud?
(A)Is there no king in your midst?
Has your counselor perished?
For (B)pangs have seized you like a woman in [a]labor.
10 Be in pain, and labor to bring forth,
O daughter of Zion,
Like a woman in birth pangs.
For now you shall go forth from the city,
You shall dwell in the field,
And to (C)Babylon you shall go.
There you shall be delivered;
There the (D)Lord will (E)redeem you
From the hand of your enemies.
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- Micah 4:9 childbirth
Isaiah 26:17
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17 As (A)a woman with child
Is in pain and cries out in her [a]pangs,
When she draws near the time of her delivery,
So have we been in Your sight, O Lord.
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- Isaiah 26:17 sharp pains
Psalm 48:6
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6 Fear (A)took hold of them there,
And pain, as of a woman in birth pangs,
2 Kings 19:3
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3 And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of trouble, and rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to [a]bring them forth.
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- 2 Kings 19:3 give birth
1 Thessalonians 5:3
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3 For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then (A)sudden destruction comes upon them, (B)as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.
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Proverbs 22:3
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3 A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself,
But the simple pass on and are (A)punished.
Hebrews 3:7-8
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Be Faithful(A)
7 Therefore, as (B)the Holy Spirit says:
(C)“Today, if you will hear His voice,
8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
In the day of trial in the wilderness,
2 Corinthians 6:2
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2 For He says:
(A)“In an acceptable time I have heard you,
And in the day of salvation I have helped you.”
Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
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Acts 24:25
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25 Now as he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and answered, “Go away for now; when I have a convenient time I will call for you.”
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Acts 16:29-34
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29 Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 And he brought them out and said, (A)“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31 So they said, (B)“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” 32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized. 34 Now when he had brought them into his house, (C)he set food before them; and he rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household.
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Jeremiah 49:24
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24 Damascus has grown feeble;
She turns to flee,
And fear has seized her.
(A)Anguish and sorrows have taken her like a woman in [a]labor.
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- Jeremiah 49:24 childbirth
Jeremiah 30:6
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6 Ask now, and see,
Whether a [a]man is ever in [b]labor with child?
So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins
(A)Like a woman in labor,
And all faces turned pale?
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- Jeremiah 30:6 Lit. male can give birth
- Jeremiah 30:6 childbirth
Jeremiah 22:23
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23 O inhabitant of Lebanon,
Making your nest in the cedars,
How gracious will you be when pangs come upon you,
Like (A)the pain of a woman in [a]labor?
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- Jeremiah 22:23 childbirth
Jeremiah 13:21
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21 What will you say when He punishes you?
For you have taught them
To be chieftains, to be head over you.
Will not (A)pangs seize you,
Like a woman in [a]labor?
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- Jeremiah 13:21 childbirth
Jeremiah 4:31
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31 “For I have heard a voice as of a woman in [a]labor,
The anguish as of her who brings forth her first child,
The voice of the daughter of Zion bewailing herself;
She (A)spreads her hands, saying,
‘Woe is me now, for my soul is [b]weary
Because of murderers!’
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- Jeremiah 4:31 childbirth
- Jeremiah 4:31 faint
Isaiah 66:9
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9 Shall I bring to the time of birth, and not cause delivery?” says the Lord.
“Shall I who cause delivery shut up the womb?” says your God.
Isaiah 21:3
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3 Therefore (A)my loins are filled with pain;
(B)Pangs have taken hold of me, like the pangs of a woman in labor.
I was [a]distressed when I heard it;
I was dismayed when I saw it.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 21:3 Lit. bowed
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