Jeremiah 20:15
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
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Referenced Verses
- Gen 21:5-6 : 5 And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. 6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh; every one that heareth will laugh with me.
- Jer 1:5 : 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.
- Luke 1:14 : 14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
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14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
- Jer 20:16-183 verses80%
16 And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;
17 because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.
18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
- Job 3:2-32 verses77%
2 And Job answered and said:
3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, And the night which said, There is a man-child conceived.
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10 Woe unto him that saith unto a father, What begettest thou? or to a woman, With what travailest thou?
- Prov 23:24-252 verses72%
24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
25 Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.
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10 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; [yet] every one of them doth curse me.
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16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of children.
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25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.
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21 He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.
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11 There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.
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20 A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.
- Gen 27:12-132 verses69%
12 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son; only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
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14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of Jehovah to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
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3 If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul be not filled with good, and moreover he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he:
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20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Deut 28:16-194 verses69%
16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.
18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.
19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
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30 Thus saith Jehovah, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days; for no more shall a man of his seed prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling in Judah.
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20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
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19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.
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3 For thus saith Jehovah concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land:
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14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
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18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.
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18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;
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1 Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.
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17 Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.
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21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world.
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29 and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, [which cometh] because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.
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22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who knoweth whether Jehovah will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?
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16 then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born before the son of the hated, who is the first-born:
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6 Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.
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16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.
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25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
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9 For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
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14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
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14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him.
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11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more [may] this Benjamite now [do it] ? let him alone, and let him curse; for Jehovah hath bidden him.
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14 Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins, which he hath done, and feareth, and doeth not such like;
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5 And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
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11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.