Exodus 1:21

New American Bible - revised edition

And because the midwives feared God, God built up families for them.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:38

If, then, you heed all that I command you, walking in my ways, and do what is right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and my commandments like David my servant, I will be with you. I will build a lasting house for you, just as I did for David; I will give Israel to you.

1 Kings 2:24

And now, as the Lord lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of David my father and made for me a house as he promised, this day shall Adonijah be put to death.”

Psalm 112:1

Hallelujah! Blessed the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commands.

Psalm 127:1

A song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the Lord build the house, they labor in vain who build. Unless the Lord guard the city, in vain does the guard keep watch.

Psalm 127:3

Certainly sons are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb, a reward.

Psalm 37:3

Trust in the Lord and do good that you may dwell in the land and live secure.

Exodus 1:17

The midwives, however, feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt had ordered them, but let the boys live.

Proverbs 24:3

By wisdom a house is built, by understanding it is established;

Ecclesiastes 8:12

because the sinner does evil a hundred times and survives. Though indeed I know that it shall be well with those who fear God, for their reverence toward him;

Jeremiah 35:2

Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them to the house of the Lord, to one of the rooms there, and give them wine to drink.

1 Samuel 2:35

I will choose a faithful priest who shall do what I have in heart and mind. I will establish a lasting house for him and he shall serve in the presence of my anointed forever.

1 Samuel 25:28

Please forgive the offense of your maidservant, for the Lord shall certainly establish a lasting house for my lord, because my lord fights the battles of the Lord. Let no evil be found in you your whole life long.