Luke 21:23 pronounces woe on pregnant and nursing women in that judgment — the inverse of the blessing on the barren here.

Deuteronomy 28:53-57 describes cannibalism during siege — the covenant curse that makes barrenness a mercy in the coming judgment.

Hosea 9:12-16 threatens God will bereave them of children — the same reason the barren are considered blessed here.

Hosea 13:16 describes infants dashed and pregnant women ripped open — the extreme suffering that makes barrenness a blessing here.

Matthew 24:19 gives the same woe to pregnant and nursing women during the tribulation — directly parallel to this blessing on the barren.

Mark 13:17-19 adds 'pray it not be winter' and describes unprecedented tribulation — reinforcing why barrenness is blessed here.

Leviticus 26:29 describes parents eating their children in siege — the very horror that makes childlessness a blessing in Luke 23:29.

2 Kings 6:28 recounts a mother offering her son to be eaten — the same cannibalism horror that makes barrenness blessed.

Ecclesiastes 4:3 says the unborn are better off than the living — directly parallels valuing childlessness to escape suffering.

Jeremiah 16:2 commands Jeremiah to remain childless because of coming judgment — same logic as Luke's blessing on the barren.

Lamentations 2:22 describes a festival of terrors where none escape; Jesus predicts a time when childlessness is blessed—both depict judgment reversing normal blessings.

Hosea 9:14 prays for miscarrying wombs and dry breasts as a curse; Jesus says the barren are blessed—opposite evaluations of childlessness.

1 Corinthians 7:26 advises staying single due to present distress, echoing the idea that childlessness can be advantageous in times of hardship.