1Ch 4:9-10, Pro 17:25, Luk 1:31-33, 40-47, 58, 11:27-28 | ESV | STEP | Jabez was more honorable than his brothers ; and his mother called his name Jabez , saying , Because I bore him in pain .

9 Jabez was ^amore honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” ^{▼▼ Jabez sounds like the Hebrew for pain} 10 Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm ^{▼▼Or evil} so that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked.

Proverbs 17:25

25 ^dA foolish son is a grief to his father
^eand bitterness to ^fher who bore him.

Luke 1:31-33

31 And behold, ^gyou will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and ^hyou shall call his name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of ⁱthe Most High. And the Lord God ^jwill give to him the throne of ^khis father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob ^lforever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”

Luke 1:40-47

40 and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41 And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth ^mwas filled with the Holy Spirit, 42 and she exclaimed with a loud cry, ⁿ“Blessed are you among women, and ^oblessed is ^pthe fruit of your womb! 43 And why is this granted to me that the mother of ^qmy Lord should come to me? 44 For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 45 And ^rblessed is she who believed that there would be ^{▼▼Or believed, for there will be} a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.”

Mary’s Song of Praise: The Magnificat

46 And Mary said,

^t“My ^usoul ^vmagnifies the Lord,
47 ^wand my ^xspirit rejoices in ^yGod my Savior,

Luke 1:58

58 And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord ^zhad shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

Luke 11:27-28

True Blessedness

27 As he said these things, ^aaa woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, ^ab“Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!” 28 But he said, ^ac“Blessed rather are those ^adwho hear the word of God and ^aekeep it!”