Romans 8:22

New King James Version

For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.

Cross References

Psalm 48:6

Fear took hold of them there, And pain, as of a woman in birth pangs,

Jeremiah 12:11

They have made it desolate; Desolate, it mourns to Me; The whole land is made desolate, Because no one takes it to heart.

Jeremiah 12:4

How long will the land mourn, And the herbs of every field wither? The beasts and birds are consumed, For the wickedness of those who dwell there, Because they said, “He will not see our final end.”

Leviticus 26:35

As long as it lies desolate it shall rest— for the time it did not rest on your sabbaths when you dwelt in it.

Mark 16:15

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

John 16:21

A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.

Romans 8:20

For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope;

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Revelation 12:2

Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth.