Jeremiah 20:15

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Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, 'A male child has been born to you,' and made him very glad.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 21:5-6 : 5 Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. 6 Sarah said, 'God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.'
  • Jer 1:5 : 5 Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you were born, I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.
  • Luke 1:14 : 14 You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.

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  • Jer 20:14
    85%

    14Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother gave birth to me not be blessed.

  • Jer 20:16-18
    3 verses
    80%

    16May that man be like the cities the LORD overthrew without relenting. May he hear cries of distress in the morning and shouts of alarm at noon.

    17For he did not kill me in the womb, so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb forever pregnant.

    18Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow and to end my days in shame?

  • Job 3:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2And Job answered and said:

    3Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night that said, 'A man is conceived.'

  • Isa 45:10
    73%

    10Woe to those who say to a father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to a mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’

  • Prov 23:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24The father of a righteous child will greatly rejoice; a man who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

    25May your father and mother rejoice, and may she who gave you birth be joyful.

  • Jer 15:10
    72%

    10Woe to me, my mother, that you gave birth to me—a man of strife and contention to the whole land! I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.

  • Deut 27:16
    72%

    16Cursed is anyone who dishonors his father or mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • Hos 13:13
    71%

    13The pains of childbirth come for him, but he is an unwise son; when it is time, he does not come to the opening of the womb.

  • Prov 17:25
    71%

    25A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

  • Prov 17:21
    70%

    21The one who fathers a fool brings grief; the father of a senseless child has no joy.

  • Prov 30:11
    70%

    11There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.

  • Prov 15:20
    70%

    20A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.

  • Gen 27:12-13
    2 verses
    69%

    12'What if my father touches me? Then I will appear to him as a deceiver and bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.'

    13His mother said to him, 'Let your curse be on me, my son. Just listen to me and go, get them for me.'

  • 2 Sam 12:14
    69%

    14However, because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for the Lord, the son born to you will surely die.'

  • Eccl 6:3
    69%

    3A man may father a hundred children and live many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he cannot enjoy life's good things and receives no proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

  • Deut 27:20
    69%

    20Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father's wife, for he has dishonored his father's bed. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • Deut 28:16-19
    4 verses
    69%

    16Cursed will you be in the city, and cursed will you be in the field.

    17Cursed will be your basket and your kneading bowl.

    18Cursed will be the fruit of your womb, the produce of your land, the offspring of your cattle, and the increase of your flocks.

    19Cursed will you be when you come in, and cursed will you be when you go out.

  • Jer 22:30
    69%

    30This is what the LORD says: Record this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime, for none of his offspring will succeed in sitting on the throne of David or ruling again in Judah.

  • Prov 20:20
    68%

    20Whoever curses their father or mother, their lamp will be extinguished in utter darkness.

  • 2 Kgs 4:19
    68%

    19He said to his father, "My head! My head!" His father told a servant, "Carry him to his mother."

  • Jer 16:3
    68%

    3For this is what the LORD says about the sons and daughters born in this place, as well as their mothers who bear them and their fathers who father them in this land:

  • Luke 1:14
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    14You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.

  • Job 10:18
    68%

    18Why then did You bring me out of the womb? I wish I had died and no eye had seen me.

  • Deut 21:18
    68%

    18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or mother, and they discipline him but he will not listen to them,

  • Job 14:1
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    1Man, born of a woman, is short-lived and full of trouble.

  • Ps 109:17
    67%

    17He loved to curse—may it come back to him; he took no delight in blessing—may it be far from him.

  • John 16:21
    67%

    21When a woman is in labor, she has sorrow because her time has come. But when she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a human being has been born into the world.

  • Gen 5:29
    67%

    29He named him Noah, saying, "This one will comfort us in our work and the painful labor of our hands, caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed."

  • 2 Sam 12:22
    67%

    22David answered, 'While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, 'Who knows? The Lord may be gracious to me and let the child live.''

  • Deut 21:16
    67%

    16on the day he gives his inheritance to his sons, he must not give the rights of the firstborn to the son of the loved wife in place of the son of the unloved wife, who is really the firstborn.

  • Prov 17:6
    67%

    6Children’s children are the crown of the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

  • Job 3:16
    67%

    16Or why was I not like a stillborn child, like infants who never saw the light?

  • Gen 9:25
    67%

    25he said, 'Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.'

  • Lev 20:9
    67%

    9Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood is upon him.

  • Ps 7:14
    67%

    14He has prepared His deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts.

  • Prov 27:14
    67%

    14If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.

  • 2 Sam 16:11
    67%

    11David then said to Abishai and all his servants, "Look, my own son who came from my own body is trying to take my life. How much more now this Benjamite! Leave him alone; let him curse, for the Lord has told him to.

  • Ezek 18:14
    67%

    14Now suppose this person has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed. Though he sees them, he does not do such things:

  • Gen 21:5
    67%

    5Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

  • Prov 27:11
    67%

    11Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I may answer anyone who reproaches me.