Jeremiah 20:14

Geneva Bible (1560)

Cursed be the day wherein I was borne: and let not the day wherein my mother bare me, be blessed.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 15:10 : 10 Wo is mee, my mother, that thou hast borne mee, a contentious man, and a man that striueth with the whole earth I haue neither lent on vsury, nor men haue lent vnto me on vsurie: yet euery one doeth curse me.
  • Job 3:3-9 : 3 Let the day perish, wherein I was borne, and the night when it was sayde, There is a man childe conceiued. 4 Let that day bee darkenesse, let not God regarde it from aboue, neyther let the light shine vpon it, 5 But let darkenesse, and the shadowe of death staine it: let the cloude remayne vpon it, and let them make it fearefull as a bitter day. 6 Let darkenesse possesse that night, let it not be ioyned vnto the dayes of the yeere, nor let it come into the count of the moneths. 7 Yea, desolate be that night, and let no ioy be in it. 8 Let them that curse the day, (being readie to renue their mourning) curse it. 9 Let the starres of that twilight be dimme through darkenesse of it: let it looke for light, but haue none: neither let it see the dawning of the day, 10 Because it shut not vp the dores of my mothers wombe: nor hid sorowe from mine eyes. 11 Why died I not in the birth? or why dyed I not, when I came out of the wombe? 12 Why did the knees preuent me? and why did I sucke the breasts? 13 For so shoulde I now haue lyen and bene quiet, I should haue slept then, and bene at rest, 14 With the Kings & counselers of the earth, which haue buylded themselues desolate places: 15 Or with the princes that had golde, and haue filled their houses with siluer. 16 Or why was I not hid, as an vntimely birth, either as infants, which haue not seene the light?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 20:15-18
    4 verses
    85%

    15Cursed be the man, that shewed my father, saying, A man child is borne vnto thee, and comforted him.

    16And let that man be as the cities, which the Lord hath ouerturned and repented not: and let him heare the cry in the morning, and the showting at noone tide,

    17Because he hath not slaine me, euen from the wombe, or that my mother might haue bene my graue, or her wobe a perpetual conception.

    18How is it, that I came forth of the wombe, to see labour and sorowe, that my dayes shoulde be consumed with shame?

  • Job 3:1-4
    4 verses
    81%

    1Afterward Iob opened his mouth, and cursed his day.

    2And Iob cryed out, and sayd,

    3Let the day perish, wherein I was borne, and the night when it was sayde, There is a man childe conceiued.

    4Let that day bee darkenesse, let not God regarde it from aboue, neyther let the light shine vpon it,

  • Jer 15:10
    77%

    10Wo is mee, my mother, that thou hast borne mee, a contentious man, and a man that striueth with the whole earth I haue neither lent on vsury, nor men haue lent vnto me on vsurie: yet euery one doeth curse me.

  • Job 10:18-20
    3 verses
    75%

    18Wherfore then hast thou brought me out of the wombe? Oh that I had perished, and that none eye had seene me!

    19And that I were as I had not bene, but brought from the wombe to the graue!

    20Are not my dayes fewe? let him cease, and leaue off from me, that I may take a litle comfort,

  • Job 3:7-11
    5 verses
    74%

    7Yea, desolate be that night, and let no ioy be in it.

    8Let them that curse the day, (being readie to renue their mourning) curse it.

    9Let the starres of that twilight be dimme through darkenesse of it: let it looke for light, but haue none: neither let it see the dawning of the day,

    10Because it shut not vp the dores of my mothers wombe: nor hid sorowe from mine eyes.

    11Why died I not in the birth? or why dyed I not, when I came out of the wombe?

  • Prov 30:11
    74%

    11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doeth not blesse their mother.

  • Job 3:16
    72%

    16Or why was I not hid, as an vntimely birth, either as infants, which haue not seene the light?

  • Ps 109:17
    72%

    17As he loued cursing, so shall it come vnto him, and as he loued not blessing, so shall it be farre from him.

  • Deut 27:16
    71%

    16Cursed be he that curseth his father & his mother: And all the people shal say: So be it.

  • Ps 51:5
    71%

    5Beholde, I was borne in iniquitie, and in sinne hath my mother conceiued me.

  • Ezek 16:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4And in thy natiuitie whe thou wast borne, thy nauell was not cut: thou wast not washed in water to soften thee: thou wast not salted with salt, nor swadled in cloutes.

    5None eye pitied thee to do any of these vnto thee, for to haue compassion vpon thee, but thou wast cast out in the open fielde to the contempt of thy person in ye day that thou wast borne.

  • Ps 73:14
    70%

    14For dayly haue I bene punished, and chastened euery morning.

  • Deut 28:16-19
    4 verses
    70%

    16Cursed shalt thou bee in the towne, and cursed also in the fielde.

    17Cursed shal thy basket be, & thy dough.

    18Cursed shall be the fruite of thy body, and the fruite of thy land, the increase of thy kine, & the flockes of thy sheepe.

    19Cursed shalt thou be when thou commest in, and cursed also when thou goest out.

  • Job 14:1
    69%

    1Man that is borne of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.

  • Ps 109:14
    69%

    14Let the iniquitie of his fathers bee had in remembrance with the Lord: and let not the sinne of his mother be done away.

  • Prov 20:20
    69%

    20He that curseth his father or his mother, his light shalbe put out in obscure darkenes.

  • Job 1:21
    69%

    21And sayd, Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shall I returne thither: the Lord hath giuen, and the Lord hath taken it: blessed be the Name of the Lord.

  • Ps 22:10
    69%

    10I was cast vpon thee, euen from ye wombe: thou art my God from my mothers belly.

  • Gen 27:13
    69%

    13But his mother sayd vnto him, vpon me be thy curse, my sonne: onely heare my voyce, and go and bring me them.

  • Job 31:29-30
    2 verses
    69%

    29If I reioyced at his destruction that hated me, or was mooued to ioye when euill came vpon him,

    30Neither haue I suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse vnto his soule.

  • Jer 20:13
    69%

    13Sing vnto the Lorde, praise ye the Lorde: for he hath deliuered the soule of the poore fro the hande of the wicked.

  • Num 23:8
    69%

    8How shal I curse, where God hath not cursed? or howe shall I detest, where the Lorde hath not detested?

  • Lam 3:14
    68%

    14I was a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.

  • Job 17:14
    68%

    14I shall say to corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worme, Thou art my mother and my sister.

  • Lev 20:9
    68%

    9If there be any that curseth his father or his mother, he shall die the death: seeing hee hath cursed his father and his mother, his blood shalbe vpon him.

  • 2 Sam 16:11-12
    2 verses
    68%

    11And Dauid sayd to Abishai, and to all his seruants, Beholde, my sonne which came out of mine owne bowels, seeketh my life: then howe much more now may this sonne of Iemini? Suffer him to curse: for the Lord hath bidden him.

    12It may be that the Lorde will looke on mine affliction, and doe me good for his cursing this day.

  • Ps 37:22
    68%

    22For such as be blessed of God, shall inherite the lande, and they that be cursed of him, shalbe cut off.

  • Isa 45:10
    67%

    10Woe vnto him that sayeth to his father, What hast thou begotten? or to his mother, What hast thou brought foorth?

  • Jer 22:26
    67%

    26And I will cause them to cary thee away, and thy mother that bare thee, into another countrey, where ye were not borne, and there shall ye die.

  • Job 19:18
    67%

    18The wicked also despised mee, and when I rose, they spake against me.

  • Ps 109:12
    67%

    12Let there be none to extende mercie vnto him: neither let there be any to shewe mercie vpon his fatherlesse children.

  • Job 7:16
    67%

    16I abhorre it, I shall not liue alway: spare me then, for my dayes are but vanitie.