Nursing

12 times in 12 verses

Want to see the Hebrew or Greek word used in the original? Search the lexicon.

Occurrences

12 total
  1. But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.
  2. The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
  3. He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
  4. “Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!
  5. Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
  6. No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.
  7. The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.
  8. Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.
  9. How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
  10. How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
  11. How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.
  12. On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.