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Childbirth Scripture

Compiled by Cyndi Egbert

All scripture is from the NKJV.

Doulas

The following treatise on doula support (birth assistant) was written by Barbara.

The main verse that I use to support the help of a doula is:
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Two are better than one; because they have a good return for their labour. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he had no one to help him up. Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how will one be warm alone? Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord cannot be broken.

We (all) are admonished to love the brethren and be encouragers to each other in the body:
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Therefore, comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.

John 13:15-16
"If I, then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you." (the word doula means....servant, an unpopular thought today, but that's its meaning!)

2 Corinthians 1:3-4
Blessed by the God and Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulations, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

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I would also direct thought to 1 Corinthians 12...on spiritual gifts. I view my work as a doula as a calling. . . He has given me ability to support women in labor. I tend to view this as a gift (similar to midwives, physicians). . . that He meant to be used to help others in the body of Messiah. My ability is nothing that I ever achieved on my own, and certainly never sought.
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God's Blessings for His People

Deuteronomy 7:12, 13
-12- "Then it shall come to pass, because you listen to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the LORD your God will keep with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers.
-13- "And He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flock, in the land of which He swore to your fathers to give you.

1 Timothy 2:15
-15- Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.

Psalm 127
-3- Behold, children [are] a heritage from the LORD, The fruit of the womb [is] a reward.
-4- Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So [are] the children of one's youth.
-5- Happy [is] the man who has his quiver full of them; They shall not be ashamed, But shall speak with their enemies in the gate.

Isaiah 44
-2- Thus says the LORD who made you And formed you from the womb, [who] will help you: 'Fear not, O Jacob My servant; And you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
-3- For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, And floods on the dry ground; I will pour My Spirit on your descendants, And My blessing on your offspring;

Genesis 49
-25- By the God of your father who will help you, And by the Almighty who will bless you [With] blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that lies beneath, Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

Verses for Pregnancy

God's hand is on the unborn child.

Luke 1
-15- "For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

Luke 1
-44- "For indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

Psalm 147
-13- For He has strengthened the bars of your gates; He has blessed your children within you.

Jeremiah 1
-5- "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations."

Genesis 25
-22- But the children struggled together within her; and she said, "If all is well, why am I like this?" So she went to inquire of the LORD.
-23- And the LORD said to her: "Two nations are in your womb, Two peoples shall be separated from your body; One people shall be stronger than the other, And the older shall serve the younger."

Isaiah 44
-2- Thus says the LORD who made you And formed you from the womb. . .

Prenatal testing?

Ecclesiastes 11
-5- As you do not know what is the way of the wind, Or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, So you do not know the works of God who makes everything.

Psalm 139
-13- For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb.
-14- I will praise You, for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And [that] my soul knows very well.
-15- My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, [And] skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
-16- Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When [as yet there were] none of them.

Verses for Birth

For every thing there is a God-appointed time.

Ecclesiastes 3
-1- To everything [there is] a season, A time for every purpose under heaven:
-2- A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck [what is] planted;

Isa 66
-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.

Luke 1
-57- Now Elizabeth's full time came for her to be delivered, and she brought forth a son.

Luke 2
-6- So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. -7- And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Genesis 25
-24- So when her days were fulfilled for her to give birth, indeed there were twins in her womb.

God has not forgotten us.

Isa 66
-7- "Before she was in labor, she gave birth; Before her pain came, She delivered a male child.
-8- Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, She gave birth to her children.
-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.

John 16
-21- "A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.

Isaiah 46
-3- "Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, Who have been upheld [by Me] from birth, Who have been carried from the womb:
-4- "Even to [your] old age, I [am] He, And [even] to gray hairs I will carry [you!] I have made, and I will bear; Even I will carry, and will deliver [you.]
-5- "To whom will you liken Me, and make [Me] equal And compare Me, that we should be alike?

God is the God of the unborn AND the newborn.

Psalm 22
-9- But You [are] He who took Me out of the womb; You made Me trust [while] on My mother's breasts.
-10- I was cast upon You from birth. From My mother's womb You [have been] My God.

Psalm 71
-6- By You I have been upheld from birth; You are He who took me out of my mother's womb. My praise [shall be] continually of You.

Copyright by Cyndi Egbert
Used by permission

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