Encouraging Scriptures to Meditate on during

Pregnancy
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not
to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and
come and pray to me and I will listen to you.” Jer. 29:11-12

“Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain… sons are a heritage
from the Lord, children a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are
sons born in ones youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.” Psalm
127:1, 3-5

“He who fears the Lord has a secure fortress, and for his children it will be a
refuge.” Prov. 14:26

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take
my yolk upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heard, and you
will find rest for your souls.”
Matt. 11:28-29

“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the
almighty.” Ps. 91:1

“This is what the Lord says, stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient
paths, ask where the good way is and walk in it, and you will find rest for your
souls.” Jer. 6:16

“Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in
God for I will yet praise him, my savior and my God. My soul is downcast within me,
therefore I will remember you… By day the lord directs his love, at night His song is
with me – a prayer to the God of my life.”
Ps. 41:5-8

“Do not let this book of the law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and
night so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be
prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous,
do not be terrified, do not be discouraged. For the Lord your God will be with you
wherever you go.” Joshua 1:8-9

“A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her
baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the
world.” John 16:21

“Let the name of the Lord be praised, both now and forevermore. From the rising of
the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the Lord is to be praised. The Lord is
exalted over all the nations, his glory above the heavens…He settles the barren
woman in her home as a happy mother of children.” Ps. 113

“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child
she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved
you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.” Isaiah 49:15-16

“As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you; and you will be comforted
over Jerusalem.” Isaiah 66:13

“The word of the Lord came to me saying, before I formed you in the womb I knew
you, before you were born I set you apart, I appointed you as a prophet to the
nations.” Jer. 1:5

“The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God

and I will praise Him.” Exodus 15:2

“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will
not fear.”
Ps 46:1

“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mothers womb. I
praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I
know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the
secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw
my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before
one of them came to be.” Psalm 139:13-16

“I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in

need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being
content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in
plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” Phil.
4:11-13

“A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her
husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good,
not harm all the days of her life… she provides food for her family…she sets about
her work vigorously… she is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the
days to come. She speaks with wisdom and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of
idleness. Her children arise and call her blessed, her husband also, he praises her.
Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be
praised.” Proverbs 31
“But He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in
weakness… That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weakness, in insults, in
hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
2 Cor. 12:9-10

“As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb
leaped for joy. Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her
will be accomplished! My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my
Savior, for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant.” Luke
1:44-48

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the father of compassion
and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can
comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our
comfort overflows. If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we
are comforted it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the
same sufferings we suffer. And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just
as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.” 2 Cor. 1:3-7

“And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and my please
him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of
God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you
may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father,
who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of
light.” Col. 1:10-12

“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed but not in despair;
persecuted but not abandoned; struck down but not destroyed…Therefore we do
not loose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being
renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an
eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but
on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is un seen is eternal.”
2 Cor. 4 & 16-18
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares
the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to
harm you, plans to give you a hope and a
future. Then you will call upon me and come
and pray to me and I will listen to you.”
Jer. 29:11-12

“Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders

labor in vain… sons are a heritage from the
Lord, children a reward from him. Like arrows
in the hands of a warrior are sons born in
ones youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver
is full of them.” Psalm 127:1, 3-5

“He who fears the Lord has a secure fortress,

and for his children it will be a refuge.” Prov.
14:26

“Come to me, all you who are weary and

burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my
yolk upon you and learn from me, for I am
gentle and humble in heard, and you will find
rest for your souls.”
Matt. 11:28-29

“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most

High will rest in the shadow of the almighty.”
Ps. 91:1
 “This is what the Lord says, stand at the
crossroads and look; ask for the ancient
paths, ask where the good way is and walk in
it, and you will find rest for your souls.”
Jer. 6:16

“Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so

disturbed within me? Put your hope in God for
I will yet praise him, my savior and my God.
My soul is downcast within me, therefore I will
remember you… By day the lord directs his
love, at night His song is with me – a prayer
to the God of my life.”
Ps. 41:5-8

“Do not let this book of the law depart from

your mouth; meditate on it day and night so
that you may be careful to do everything
written in it. Then you will be prosperous and
successful. Have I not commanded you? Be
strong and courageous, do not be terrified, do
not be discouraged. For the Lord your God
will be with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:8-9
 “A woman giving birth to a child has pain
because her time has come; but when her
baby is born she forgets the anguish because
of her joy that a child is born into the world.”
John 16:21

“Let the name of the Lord be praised, both

now and forevermore. From the rising of the
sun to the place where it sets, the name of
the Lord is to be praised. The Lord is exalted
over all the nations, his glory above the
heavens…He settles the barren woman in her
home as a happy mother of children.” Ps.
113

“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast

and have no compassion on the child she has
borne? Though she may forget, I will not
forget you! See, I have engraved you on the
palms of my hands; your walls are ever
before me.” Isaiah 49:15-16
 “As a mother comforts her child, so I will
comfort you; and you will be comforted over
Jerusalem.”
Isaiah 66:13

“The word of the Lord came to me saying,

before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
before you were born I set you apart, I
appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
Jer. 1:5

“The Lord is my strength and my song; he

has become my salvation. He is my God and I
will praise Him.” Exodus 15:2

“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-

present help in trouble. Therefore we will not
fear.”
Ps 46:1

“For you created my inmost being; you knit

me together in my mothers womb. I praise
you because I am fearfully and wonderfully
made; your works are wonderful, I know that
 full well. My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place. When I
was woven together in the depths of the
earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All
the days ordained for me were written in your
book before one of them came to be.”
Psalm 139:13-16

“I have learned to be content whatever the

circumstances. I know what it is to be in
need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I
have learned the secret of being content in
any and every situation, whether well fed or
hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I
can do everything through him who gives me
strength.” Phil. 4:11-13
“A wife of noble character who can find? She
is worth far more than rubies. Her husband
has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of
value. She brings him good, not harm all the
days of her life… she provides food for her
family…she sets about her work vigorously…
she is clothed with strength and dignity; she
can laugh at the days to come. She speaks
with wisdom and faithful instruction is on her
tongue. She watches over the affairs of her
household and does not eat the bread of
idleness. Her children arise and call her
blessed, her husband also, he praises her.
Charm is deceptive
and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who
fears the Lord is to be praised.”
Proverbs 31

“But He said to me, My grace is sufficient for

you, for my power is made perfect in
weakness… That is why, for Christ’s sake, I
delight in weakness, in insults, in hardships,
in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am
weak, then I am strong.”
2 Cor. 12:9-10

“As soon as the sound of your greeting

reached my ears, the baby in my womb
leaped for joy. Blessed is she who has
believed that what the Lord has said to her
 will be accomplished! My soul glorifies the
Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he has been mindful of the humble state
of his servant.” Luke 1:44-48

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord

Jesus Christ, the father of compassion and the
God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our
troubles, so that we can comfort those in any
trouble with the comfort we ourselves have
received from God. For just as the sufferings
of Christ flow over into our lives, so also
through Christ our comfort overflows. If we
are distressed, it is for your comfort and
salvation; if we are comforted it is for your
comfort, which produces in you patient
endurance of the same sufferings we suffer.
And our hope for you is firm, because we
know that just as you share in our sufferings,
so also you share in our comfort.” 2 Cor.
1:3-7
“And we pray this in order that you may live a
life worthy of the Lord and my please him in
every way: bearing fruit in every good work,
growing in the knowledge of God, being
strengthened with all power according to his
glorious might so that you may have great
endurance and patience, and joyfully giving
thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to
share in the inheritance of the saints in the
kingdom of light.” Col. 1:10-12

“We are hard pressed on every side, but not

crushed; perplexed but not in despair;
persecuted but not abandoned; struck down
but not destroyed…Therefore we do not loose
heart. Though outwardly we are wasting
away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day
by day. For our light and momentary troubles
are achieving for us an eternal glory that far
outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on
what is seen but on what is unseen. For what
is seen is temporary, but what is un seen is
eternal.”
2 Cor. 4 & 16-18