45 Bible Verses About Unborn Babies

Published December 1, 2023

They say every baby is a blessing, and we couldn’t agree more. It’s incredible how something so tiny – and fragile – can bring so much joy. This is why we can’t fault would-be mothers for constantly worrying about their unborn babies.

There will always be those thoughts about whether or not you’ll have a safe delivery or if your baby will be born healthy. You’ll even doubt if you can raise them to become the kind and god-fearing person you hope to be.

For Christian mothers, the best antidote to these negative thoughts is prayer. We do not know the ways of God. And even the most skilled doctors cannot guarantee that your baby will be born healthy. But with prayer, we grow in faith that the Lord will not forsake us and our unborn child (Joshua 1:5).

So, if you find yourself worrying about that little bundle of life in your womb, may you find comfort in these bible verses about unborn babies.

What Does The Bible Say About Unborn Babies?

The Bible provides insight and guidance on various aspects of life, including the sanctity of unborn babies. It emphasizes the preciousness and value of human life from the moment of conception.

Here are some Bible verses that speak to the significance of unborn babies, offering comfort, understanding, and hope to those seeking solace in times of loss or contemplating the miracle of life. 

Bible Verses for Baby in Womb

If you’re looking for the words to pray for the baby in your womb, you can take inspiration from these bible verses:

1. I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations. – Jeremiah 1:5
2. Children are a gift from the LORD; they are a reward from him. Children born to a young man are like arrows in a warrior’s hands. How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers at the city gates. – Psalm 127:3-4
3. For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well. My frame wasn’t hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them. – Psalm 139:13-16
4. All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children. – Isaiah 54:13
5. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. – James 1:17
6. May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love, and into the perseverance of Christ. – 2 Thessalonians 3:5
7. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. – 2 Peter 3:18
8. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. – Ephesians 4:15-16
9. Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. – Psalm 127:3
10. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. – Galatians 3:26
11. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. – Ephesians 2:10
12. I have filled him with the Spirit of God, giving him great wisdom, ability, and expertise in all kinds of crafts. He is a master craftsman, expert in working with gold, silver, and bronze. He is skilled in engraving and mounting gemstones and in carving wood. He is a master at every craft. – Exodus 31:3-6
13. This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ, 11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.” – Philippians 1:9-11
14. With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith. We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. – 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12
15. The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands. – Psalm 138:8
16. Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes not only me but also my Father who sent me. – Mark 9:36-37
17. When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. – Psalm 56:3
18. Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. – Isaiah 64:8
19. Psalm 22:9-10 – “Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast. From birth I was cast on you; from my mother’s womb you have been my God.”
20. Isaiah 49:1 – “Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant nations: Before I was born the LORD called me; from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name.”
21. Luke 1:41 – “When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.”
22. Galatians 1:15 – “But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased…”
23. Job 10:8-12 – “Your hands shaped me and made me. Will you now turn and destroy me? Remember that you molded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again? Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese, clothe me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews? You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my spirit.”