Psalms 113:9

American Standard Version (1901)

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [And to be] a joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 68:6 : 6 God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
  • Isa 54:1 : 1 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 Jehovah.
  • 1 Sam 2:5 : 5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; And they that were hungry have ceased [to hunger] : Yea, the barren hath borne seven; And she that hath many children languisheth. [
  • Gen 21:5-7 : 5 And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. 6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh; every one that heareth will laugh with me. 7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck? for I have borne him a son in his old age.
  • Gen 25:21 : 21 And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren: and Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
  • Gen 30:22-23 : 22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. 23 And she conceived, and bare a son: and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
  • Luke 1:13-15 : 13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: because thy supplication is heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. 14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. 15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
  • Gal 4:27 : 27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; Break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: For more are the children of the desolate than of her that hath the husband.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 54:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1 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 Jehovah.

    2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations; spare not: lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.

  • Ps 113:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, And lifteth up the needy from the dunghill;

    8 That he may set him with princes, Even with the princes of his people.

  • 27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; Break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: For more are the children of the desolate than of her that hath the husband.

  • 74%

    27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.

    28 Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husband [also], and he praiseth her, [saying] :

  • 3 Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; [And] the fruit of the womb is [his] reward.

  • Ps 128:2-4
    3 verses
    72%

    2 For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

    3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.

    4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed That feareth Jehovah.

  • 5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; And they that were hungry have ceased [to hunger] : Yea, the barren hath borne seven; And she that hath many children languisheth. [

  • Deut 7:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13 and he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; he will also bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground, thy grain and thy new wine and thine oil, the increase of thy cattle and the young of thy flock, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

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

  • 14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

  • 25 Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.

  • 21 He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.

  • 9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith Jehovah: shall I that cause to bring forth shut [the womb] ? saith thy God.

  • 1 Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.

  • 13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee.

  • 9 Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.

  • 27 For this child I prayed; and Jehovah hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

  • 3 And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not; but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

  • 31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; And let her works praise her in the gates.

  • 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: They shall not be put to shame, When they speak with their enemies in the gate.

  • 9 Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

  • 26 There shall none cast her young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

  • 12 and let thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which Jehovah shall give thee of this young woman.

  • 20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah give thee seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Jehovah. And they went unto their own home.

  • Ps 68:5-6
    2 verses
    68%

    5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.

    6 God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

  • 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee. {{Selah

  • Ps 115:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14 Jehovah increase you more and more, You and your children.

    15 Blessed are ye of Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.

  • 5 but unto Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Jehovah had shut up her womb.

  • Ps 107:36-37
    2 verses
    68%

    36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, That they may prepare a city of habitation,

    37 And sow fields, and plant vineyards, And get them fruits of increase.

  • 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households.

  • 41 Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh [him] families like a flock.

  • 1 Praise ye Jehovah. Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, That delighteth greatly in his commandments.

  • 29 For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.

  • 9 And Jehovah thy God will make thee plenteous in all the work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good: for Jehovah will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers;

  • 21 Blessed be Jehovah out of Zion, Who dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye Jehovah.

  • 12 Both young men and virgins; Old men and children:

  • 15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.

  • 18 (Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother's womb);

  • 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

  • 27 And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck.

  • 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.