1 Chronicles 4:9

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 34:19 : 19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he [was] more honourable than all the house of his father.
  • Gen 35:18 : 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
  • 1 Sam 4:21 : 21 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.
  • 1 Chr 7:23 : 23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
  • Isa 43:4 : 4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
  • Acts 17:11 : 11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
  • Gen 3:16 : 16 ¶ Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 83%

    10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep [me] from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

    11 ¶ And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which [was] the father of Eshton.

  • 8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

  • 3 For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in the sight of my mother.

  • 17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he [is] the father of Jesse, the father of David.

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

  • Jer 20:14-15
    2 verses
    65%

    14 ¶ Cursed [be] the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

    15 Cursed [be] the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.

  • 65%

    22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

    23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these [were] the sons of Joktan.

  • 35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

  • 20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

  • 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

  • 29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? [this] breach [be] upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.

  • Judg 11:1-2
    2 verses
    64%

    1 ¶ Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he [was] the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

    2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou [art] the son of a strange woman.

  • 10 ¶ Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; [yet] every one of them doth curse me.

  • 25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

  • 10 And she [was] in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.

  • 21 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.

  • 24 ¶ Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

  • 55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, [and] Suchathites. These [are] the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.

  • 9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,

  • 9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [and to be] a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.

  • 27 For it is written, Rejoice, [thou] barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

  • 6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also [was a] very goodly [man]; and [his mother] bare him after Absalom.

  • 23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.

  • 3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, [and be] with you, till I know what God will do for me.

  • 2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;

  • 60 And his mother answered and said, Not [so]; but he shall be called John.

  • 17 Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb [to be] always great [with me].

  • 14 I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or] brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his] mother.

  • 22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And [these are] ancient things.

  • 29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This [same] shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.