Romans 8:22

New American Bible - revised edition

We know that all creation is groaning in labor pains even until now;

Cross References

Psalm 48:6

When they looked they were astounded; terrified, they were put to flight!

Jeremiah 12:11

They have made it a mournful waste, desolate before me, Desolate, the whole land, because no one takes it to heart.

Jeremiah 12:4

How long must the land mourn, the grass of the whole countryside wither? Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it beasts and birds disappear, for they say, “God does not care about our future.”

Leviticus 26:35

during all the time that it lies desolate, enjoying the rest that you would not let it have on your sabbaths when you lived there.

Mark 16:15

He said to them, “Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every creature.

John 16:21

When a woman is in labor, she is in anguish because her hour has arrived; but when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the pain because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.

Romans 8:20

for creation was made subject to futility, not of its own accord but because of the one who subjected it, in hope

Colossians 1:23

provided that you persevere in the faith, firmly grounded, stable, and not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, am a minister. Christ in Us.

Revelation 12:2

She was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth.