John 16:21 References

21 "aWhenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born into the world.

a Isaiah 13:8, Isaiah 21:3, Isaiah 26:17, Isaiah 66:7, Hosea 13:13, Micah 4:9, 1 Thessalonians 5:3

Isaiah 13

8 They will be aterrified, Pains and anguish will take hold of them; They will bwrithe like a woman in labor, They will look at one another in astonishment, Their faces aflame.

Isaiah 21

3 For this reason my aloins are full of anguish; Pains have seized me like the pains of a bwoman in labor. I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.

Isaiah 26

17 aAs the pregnant woman approaches the time to give birth, She writhes and cries out in her labor pains, Thus were we before You, O Lord.

Isaiah 66

7 "Before she travailed, ashe brought forth; Before her pain came, bshe gave birth to a boy.

Hosea 13

13 The pains of achildbirth come upon him; He is bnot a wise son, For it is not the time that he should cdelay at the opening of the womb.

Micah 4

9 "Now, why do you acry out loudly? Is there no king among you, Or has your bcounselor perished, That agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth?

1 Thessalonians 5

3 While they are saying, "aPeace and safety!" then bdestruction will come upon them suddenly like clabor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.