Bible Cross References
Rejoice
Isaiah 54:1-5
1
Rejoice, you barren that bear not; break forth and cry, you that does not travail; for more are the children of the desolate than of her that has a husband; for the Lord has said,
2
Enlarge the place of your tent, and of your curtains; fix [the pins], spare not, lengthen your cords, and strengthen your pins;
3
spread forth [your tent] yet to the right and the left; for your seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and you shall make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
4
Fear not, because you have been put to shame, neither be confounded, because you were reproached; for you shall forget your former shame, and shall no more at all remember the reproach of your widowhood.
5
For [it is] the Lord that made you; the Lord of hosts is His name; and He that delivered you, He is the God of Israel, [and] shall be called [so] by the whole earth.
barren
1 Samuel 2:5
They that were full of bread are brought low; and the hungry have forsaken the land; for the barren has born seven, and she that abounded in children has grown feeble.
Psalm 113:9
who settles the barren [woman] in a house, [as] a mother rejoicing over children.
desolate
Ruth 1:11-13
11
And Naomi said, Return now, my daughters; and why do you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb to be your husbands?
12
Turn now, my daughters, for I am too old to be married: for I said, Suppose I were married, and should bear sons;
13
would you wait for them till they should be grown? Or would you refrain from being married for their sakes? Not so, my daughters, for I am grieved for you, that the hand of the Lord has gone forth against me.
Ruth 4:14-16
14
And the woman said to Naomi, Blessed [is] the Lord, who has not allowed a redeemer to fail you this day, even to make your name famous in Israel.
15
And he shall be to you a restorer of your soul, and one to cherish [in] your old age; for your daughter-in-law who has loved you, who is better to you than seven sons, has born him.
16
And Naomi took the child and laid it in her bosom, and became a nurse to it.
2 Samuel 13:20
And Absalom her brother said to her, Has your brother Amnon been with you? Now then, my sister, be silent, for he is your brother: be not careful to mention this matter. So Tamar dwelt as a widow in the house of her brother Absalom.
Isaiah 49:21
And you shall say in your heart, Who has begotten me these? Whereas I [was] childless, and a widow; but who has brought up these for me? And I was left alone; but from where did these come to me?
1 Timothy 5:5
Now she who is really a widow and having been left alone, has set her hope on God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.