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Acts 10:31
and said,‘ Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and remembered your gifts to the poor. (niv)
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1 Samuel 2 21
And the Lord was gracious to Hannah; she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord. (niv)
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Judges 13:3-5
The angel of the Lord appeared to her and said,“ You are barren and childless, but you are going to become pregnant and give birth to a son.Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink and that you do not eat anything unclean.You will become pregnant and have a son whose head is never to be touched by a razor because the boy is to be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from the womb. He will take the lead in delivering Israel from the hands of the Philistines.” (niv)
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Psalms 127:3-5
Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth.Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court. (niv)
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Psalms 113:9
He settles the childless woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the Lord. (niv)
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Luke 1:30
But the angel said to her,“ Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. (niv)
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Luke 24:36-40
While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them,“ Peace be with you.”They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost.He said to them,“ Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds?Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. (niv)
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Psalms 118:21
I will give you thanks, for you answered me; you have become my salvation. (niv)
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2 Kings 4 16-2 Kings 4 17
“ About this time next year,” Elisha said,“ you will hold a son in your arms.”“ No, my lord!” she objected.“ Please, man of God, don’t mislead your servant!”But the woman became pregnant, and the next year about that same time she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her. (niv)
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Isaiah 8:3
Then I made love to the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And the Lord said to me,“ Name him Maher- Shalal- Hash- Baz. (niv)
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Daniel 10:12
Then he continued,“ Do not be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them. (niv)
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Genesis 17:19
Then God said,“ Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him. (niv)
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Luke 2:21
On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived. (niv)
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Genesis 17:10
This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised. (niv)
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Matthew 28:5
The angel said to the women,“ Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. (niv)
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1 Samuel 1 20-1 Samuel 1 23
So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying,“ Because I asked the Lord for him.”When her husband Elkanah went up with all his family to offer the annual sacrifice to the Lord and to fulfill his vow,Hannah did not go. She said to her husband,“ After the boy is weaned, I will take him and present him before the Lord, and he will live there always.”“ Do what seems best to you,” her husband Elkanah told her.“ Stay here until you have weaned him; only may the Lord make good his word.” So the woman stayed at home and nursed her son until she had weaned him. (niv)
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Judges 6:23
But the Lord said to him,“ Peace! Do not be afraid. You are not going to die.” (niv)
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Hosea 1:9-10
Then the Lord said,“ Call him Lo- Ammi( which means“ not my people”), for you are not my people, and I am not your God.“ Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them,‘ You are not my people,’ they will be called‘ children of the living God.’ (niv)
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Matthew 1:21
She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” (niv)
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Hosea 1:6
Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lord said to Hosea,“ Call her Lo- Ruhamah( which means“ not loved”), for I will no longer show love to Israel, that I should at all forgive them. (niv)
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Hosea 1:4
Then the Lord said to Hosea,“ Call him Jezreel, because I will soon punish the house of Jehu for the massacre at Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel. (niv)
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Luke 1:60-63
but his mother spoke up and said,“ No! He is to be called John.”They said to her,“ There is no one among your relatives who has that name.”Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child.He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s astonishment he wrote,“ His name is John.” (niv)
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Mark 16:6
“ Don’t be alarmed,” he said.“ You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. (niv)
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Matthew 14:27
But Jesus immediately said to them:“ Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” (niv)
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Genesis 25:21
Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. (niv)
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Genesis 18:14
Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.” (niv)