Genesis 3:16

Free Bible Version

He told Eve, “I will make pregnancy much more difficult, and giving birth will be very painful. However, you will still desire your husband, but he will have control over you.”

Cross References

Genesis 4:7

If you were doing what's right, then you'd be looking happy. But if you don't do what's right, then sin will be like an animal crouching outside your home, ready to pounce on you. It wants to have you, but you must be the one in control.”

1 Chronicles 4:9

Jabez was more faithful to God than his brothers. His mother had given him the name Jabez, saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.”

Esther 1:20

When Your Majesty's decree is proclaimed throughout your vast empire, all wives will respect their husbands, highborn or lowborn.”

Psalm 48:6

They shook all over, and were in agonizing pain like a woman giving birth,

Isaiah 13:8

They will be terrified; pain and anguish will seize them; they will suffer like a woman giving birth. They will look in shock at each other, their faces burning in fear.

Isaiah 21:3

As a result my body is filled with agony. I'm overwhelmed with pain, like the pain of a woman giving birth. I am confused by what I hear; I am distressed by what I see.

Isaiah 53:11

After his suffering, he will see the results and be satisfied. Through his knowledge my servant who does what is right will set many right, and he will bear their sins.

Jeremiah 13:21

What are you going to say when he puts your enemies in charge of you, people you once counted as your friends? Won't you suffer pains like a woman in labor?

Jeremiah 22:23

You who live in “Lebanon” in your cedar nest, how much you're going to groan when agonizing pains hit you like a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 4:31

I hear the cries like a woman in labor, the agonizing moans of a woman giving birth to her first child. These are the cries of the Daughter of Zion gasping for air, holding out her hands, saying, “Please help me—I'm being murdered!”

Jeremiah 49:24

The people of Damascus are demoralized—they turn and run away in panic, overcome by pain and anguish like a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 6:24

The people reply, “We've heard the news, and our hands are limp with shock! We're overcome with agony, suffering pain like a woman in labor.

Numbers 30:13

Her husband may also confirm or disallow any solemn promise or pledge the woman may make for self-denial.

John 16:21

A woman in labor suffers pain because her time has come, but once the baby is born, she forgets the agony because of the joy that a child has been brought into the world.

1 Corinthians 11:3

I do want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, the man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of Christ.

1 Corinthians 14:34

“Women should stay quiet in the churches—they shouldn't speak. They should respect their situation, as the laws states.

1 Corinthians 7:4

The wife's body doesn't just belong to her, but her husband; and similarly the husband's body doesn't just belong to him but his wife.

Colossians 3:18

You married women, respect your husbands appropriately in the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people talk about peace and security suddenly they will be completely ruined. It will be just like the sudden onset of childbirth, and they certainly won't escape.

1 Timothy 2:13

For Adam was made first, and then Eve.

1 Timothy 2:15

However, women will be saved through becoming mothers, as long as they continue to trust and love, and to live holy, sensible lives.

Titus 2:5

They are to be sensible and pure, working in their homes, doing good and listening to what their husbands tell them. In this way the word of God will not be spoken about badly.