Luke 1:25

Amplified Bible

“This is how the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He looked with favor on me, to take away my disgrace among men.” [Gen 30:23; Is 4:1]

Cross References

Genesis 25:21

Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was unable to conceive children; and the Lord granted his prayer and Rebekah his wife conceived [twins].

2 Samuel 6:23

Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.

Isaiah 25:8

He will swallow up death [and abolish it] for all time. And the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, And He will take away the disgrace of His people from all the earth; For the Lord has spoken. [1 Cor 15:26, 54; 2 Tim 1:10]

Isaiah 4:1

And in that day seven women will take hold of one man, saying, “We will eat our own food and wear [and provide] our own clothes; only let us be called by your name; take away our shame [of being unmarried].”

Luke 1:13

But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, because your petition [in prayer] was heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him John.

Luke 1:24

Now after this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant, and for five months she secluded herself completely, saying,

Hebrews 11:11

By faith even Sarah herself received the ability to conceive [a child], even [when she was long] past the normal age for it, because she considered Him who had given her the promise to be reliable and true [to His word]. [Gen 17:19; 18:11-14; 21:2]

Judges 11:37

And she said to her father, “Let this one thing be done for me; let me alone for two months, so that I may go to the mountains and weep over my virginity, I and my companions.”

1 Samuel 1:6

Hannah’s rival provoked her bitterly, to irritate and embarrass her, because the Lord had left her childless.