Hosea 13:13
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13 (A)The pangs of childbirth come for him,
but he is an unwise son,
for at the right time he does not present himself
(B)at the opening of the womb.
Isaiah 37:3
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3 They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a (A)day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; (B)children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.
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Isaiah 13:8
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8 They will be dismayed:
(A)pangs and agony will seize them;
(B)they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.
They will look aghast at one another;
their faces will be aflame.
Micah 4:9-10
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9 Now why do you cry aloud?
(A)Is there no king in you?
(B)Has your counselor perished,
that (C)pain seized you like a woman in labor?
10 (D)Writhe and groan,[a] O daughter of Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for (E)now you shall go out from the city
and dwell in the open country;
you (F)shall go to Babylon.
There you shall be rescued;
(G)there the Lord will redeem you
from the hand of your enemies.
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- Micah 4:10 Or push
Isaiah 26:17
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17 (A)Like a pregnant woman
who writhes and cries out in her pangs
when she is near to giving birth,
so were we because of you, O Lord;
Psalm 48:6
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2 Kings 19:3
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3 They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.
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1 Thessalonians 5:3
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3 While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then (A)sudden destruction will come upon them (B)as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
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Proverbs 22:3
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3 (A)The prudent sees danger and hides himself,
but the simple go on and suffer for it.
Hebrews 3:7-8
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7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,
(A)“Today, if you hear his voice,
8 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
on the day of testing in the wilderness,
2 Corinthians 6:2
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2 For he says,
(A)“In a favorable time I listened to you,
and in a day of salvation I have helped you.”
Behold, (B)now is the (C)favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
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Acts 24:25
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25 And as he reasoned (A)about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, “Go away for the present. (B)When I get an opportunity I will summon you.”
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Acts 16:29-34
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29 And the jailer[a] called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he (A)fell down before Paul and Silas. 30 Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, (B)what must I do to be (C)saved?” 31 And they said, (D)“Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you (E)and your household.” 32 And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 33 And he took them (F)the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he (G)was baptized at once, he and all his family. 34 Then he brought them up into his house and set food before them. And he (H)rejoiced along with his entire household that he had believed in God.
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- Acts 16:29 Greek he
Jeremiah 49:24
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24 (A)Damascus has become feeble, (B)she turned to flee,
and panic seized her;
anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her,
as (C)of a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 30:6
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6 Ask now, and see,
can a man bear a child?
(A)Why then do I see every man
with his hands on his stomach (B)like a woman in labor?
(C)Why has every face turned pale?
Jeremiah 22:23
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23 O inhabitant of (A)Lebanon,
nested among the cedars,
how you will be pitied when pangs come upon you,
(B)pain as of a woman in labor!”
Jeremiah 13:21
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21 What will you say when they set as head over you
those whom you yourself have taught to be friends to you?
(A)Will not pangs take hold of you
like those of a woman in labor?
Jeremiah 4:31
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31 For I heard (A)a cry as of a woman in labor,
anguish as of one giving birth to her first child,
the cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath,
(B)stretching out her hands,
“Woe is me! I am fainting before murderers.”
Isaiah 66:9
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9 Shall I bring to the point of birth and not cause to bring forth?”
says the Lord;
“shall I, who cause to bring forth, shut the womb?”
says your God.
Isaiah 21:3
English Standard Version
3 Therefore my loins are filled with anguish;
(A)pangs have seized me,
like the pangs of a woman in labor;
I am bowed down so that I cannot hear;
I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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