Jeremiah 20:15

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 21:5-6 : 5 So Abraham was an hundreth yeere olde, when his sonne Izhak was borne vnto him. 6 Then Sarah said, God hath made me to reioyce: all that heare will reioyce with me.
  • Jer 1:5 : 5 Before I formed thee in the wombe, I knewe thee, and before thou camest out of the wombe, I sanctified thee, and ordeined thee to be a Prophet vnto the nations.
  • Luke 1:14 : 14 And thou shalt haue ioy and gladnes, and many shall reioyce at his birth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 20:14
    85%

    14Cursed be the day wherein I was borne: and let not the day wherein my mother bare me, be blessed.

  • Jer 20:16-18
    3 verses
    80%

    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 3:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

  • Isa 45:10
    73%

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

  • Prov 23:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24The father of the righteous shal greatly reioyce, and hee that begetteth a wise childe, shall haue ioy of him.

    25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall reioyce.

  • Jer 15:10
    72%

    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.

  • Deut 27:16
    72%

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

  • Hos 13:13
    71%

    13The sorowes of a trauailing woman shall come vpon him: he is an vnwise sonne, els would he not stande still at the time, euen at the breaking forth of the children.

  • Prov 17:25
    71%

    25A foolish sonne is a griefe vnto his father, and a heauines to her that bare him.

  • Prov 17:21
    70%

    21He that begetteth a foole, getteth himselfe sorow, and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

  • Prov 30:11
    70%

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

  • Prov 15:20
    70%

    20A wise sonne reioyceth the father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

  • Gen 27:12-13
    2 verses
    69%

    12My father may possibly feele me, and I shal seem to him to be a mocker: so shall I bring a curse vpon me, and not a blessing.

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

  • 2 Sam 12:14
    69%

    14Howbeit because by this deede thou hast caused the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the childe that is borne vnto thee shal surely die.

  • Eccl 6:3
    69%

    3If a man beget an hundreth children and liue many yeeres, and the dayes of his yeeres be multiplied, & his soule be not satisfied with good things, and he be not buried, I say that an vntimely fruite is better then he.

  • Deut 27:20
    69%

    20Cursed be hee that lyeth with his fathers wife: for he hath vncouered his fathers skirt: And all the people shal say: So be it.

  • Deut 28:16-19
    4 verses
    69%

    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.

  • Jer 22:30
    69%

    30Thus saith the Lorde, Write this man destitute of children, a man that shall not prosper in his dayes: for there shall be no man of his seede that shall prosper & sit vpon the throne of Dauid, or beare rule any more in Iudah.

  • Prov 20:20
    68%

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

  • 2 Kgs 4:19
    68%

    19And he sayde to his father, Mine head, mine head. Who sayd to his seruant, Beare him to his mother.

  • Jer 16:3
    68%

    3For thus sayeth the Lorde concerning the sonnes, and concerning the daughters that are borne in this place, & concerning their mothers that beare them, & concerning their fathers, that beget them in this land,

  • Luke 1:14
    68%

    14And thou shalt haue ioy and gladnes, and many shall reioyce at his birth.

  • Job 10:18
    68%

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

  • Deut 21:18
    68%

    18If any man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient, which wil not hearken vnto the voice of his father, nor the voyce of his mother, and they haue chastened him, and he would not obey them,

  • Job 14:1
    68%

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

  • Ps 109:17
    67%

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

  • John 16:21
    67%

    21A woman when she traueileth, hath sorowe, because her houre is come: but assoone as she is deliuered of the childe, she remembreth no more the anguish, for ioy that a man is borne into the world.

  • Gen 5:29
    67%

    29And called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort vs concerning our worke and sorowe of our hands, as touching the earth, which the Lord hath cursed.

  • 2 Sam 12:22
    67%

    22And he sayde, While the childe was yet aliue, I fasted, and wept: for I sayde, Who can tell whether God will haue mercy on me, that the childe may liue?

  • Deut 21:16
    67%

    16Then when the time commeth, that hee appointeth his sonnes to be heires of that which he hath, he may not make the sonne of the beloued first borne before the sonne of the hated, which is the first borne:

  • Prov 17:6
    67%

    6Childres children are the crowne of the elders: and the glory of ye children are their fathers.

  • Job 3:16
    67%

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

  • Gen 9:25
    67%

    25And said, Cursed be Canaan: a seruant of seruants shall he be vnto his brethren.

  • Lev 20:9
    67%

    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.

  • Ps 7:14
    67%

    14Beholde, hee shall trauaile with wickednes: for he hath conceiued mischiefe, but he shall bring foorth a lye.

  • Prov 27:14
    67%

    14He that prayseth his friend with a loude voyce, rising earely in the morning, it shall be counted to him as a curse.

  • 2 Sam 16:11
    67%

    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.

  • Ezek 18:14
    67%

    14But if he beget a sonne, that seeth all his fathers sinnes, which he hath done, and feareth, neither doeth such like,

  • Gen 21:5
    67%

    5So Abraham was an hundreth yeere olde, when his sonne Izhak was borne vnto him.

  • Prov 27:11
    67%

    11My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.