Jeremiah 20:15

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Cursed be the man who made my father very glad when he brought him the news that a baby boy had been born to him!

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 21:5-6 : 5 (Now Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.) 6 Sarah said,“God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”
  • Jer 1:5 : 5 “Before I formed you in your mother’s womb I chose you. Before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.”
  • Luke 1:14 : 14 Joy and gladness will come to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,

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  • Jer 20:14
    85%

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

  • Jer 20:16-18
    3 verses
    80%

    16May that man be like the cities that the LORD destroyed without showing any mercy. May he hear a cry of distress in the morning and a battle cry at noon.

    17For he did not kill me before I came from the womb, making my pregnant mother’s womb my grave forever.

    18Why did I ever come forth from my mother’s womb? All I experience is trouble and grief, and I spend my days in shame.

  • Job 3:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2Job spoke up and said:

    3“Let the day on which I was born perish, and the night that said,‘A man has been conceived!’

  • Isa 45:10
    73%

    10Danger awaits one who says to his father,“What in the world are you fathering?” and to his mother,“What in the world are you bringing forth?”

  • Prov 23:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.

    25May your father and your mother have joy; may she who bore you rejoice.

  • Jer 15:10
    72%

    10Jeremiah Complains about His Lot and The Lord Responds I said,“Oh, mother, how I regret that you ever gave birth to me! I am always starting arguments and quarrels with the people of this land. I have not lent money to anyone and I have not borrowed from anyone. Yet all of these people are treating me with contempt.”

  • Deut 27:16
    72%

    16‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • Hos 13:13
    71%

    13The labor pains of a woman will overtake him, but the baby will lack wisdom; when the time arrives, he will not come out of the womb!

  • Prov 17:25
    71%

    25A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

  • Prov 17:21
    70%

    21Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 30:11
    70%

    11There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

  • Prov 15:20
    70%

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

  • Gen 27:12-13
    2 verses
    69%

    12My father may touch me! Then he’ll think I’m mocking him and I’ll bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing.”

    13So his mother told him,“Any curse against you will fall on me, my son! Just obey me! Go and get them for me!”

  • 2 Sam 12:14
    69%

    14Nonetheless, because you have treated the LORD with such contempt in this matter, the son who has been born to you will certainly die.”

  • Eccl 6:3
    69%

    3Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years– even if he lives a long, long time, but cannot enjoy his prosperity– even if he were to live forever– I would say,“A stillborn child is better off than he is!”

  • Deut 27:20
    69%

    20‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his father’s former wife, for he dishonors his father.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • Deut 28:16-19
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    69%

    16You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the field.

    17Your basket and your mixing bowl will be cursed.

    18Your children will be cursed, as well as the produce of your soil, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

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

  • Jer 22:30
    69%

    30The LORD says,“Enroll this man in the register as though he were childless. Enroll him as a man who will not enjoy success during his lifetime. For none of his sons will succeed in occupying the throne of David or ever succeed in ruling over Judah.”

  • Prov 20:20
    68%

    20The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest 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 I, the LORD, tell you what will happen to the children who are born here in this land and to the men and women who are their mothers and fathers.

  • Luke 1:14
    68%

    14Joy and gladness will come to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,

  • Job 10:18
    68%

    18An Appeal for Relief“Why then did you bring me out from the womb? I should have died and no eye would have seen me!

  • Deut 21:18
    68%

    18If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,

  • Job 14:1
    68%

    1The Brevity of Life“Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.

  • Ps 109:17
    67%

    17He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.

  • John 16:21
    67%

    21When a woman gives birth, she has distress because her time has come, but when her child is born, she no longer remembers the suffering because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world.

  • Gen 5:29
    67%

    29He named him Noah, saying,“This one will bring us comfort from our labor and from the painful toil of our hands because of the ground that the LORD has cursed.”

  • 2 Sam 12:22
    67%

    22He replied,“While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept because I thought,‘Perhaps the LORD will show pity and the child will live.

  • Deut 21:16
    67%

    16In the day he divides his inheritance he must not appoint as firstborn the son of the favorite wife in place of the other wife’s son who is actually the firstborn.

  • Prov 17:6
    67%

    6Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

  • Job 3:16
    67%

    16Or why was I not buried like a stillborn infant, like infants who have never seen the light?

  • Gen 9:25
    67%

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

  • Lev 20:9
    67%

    9Family Life and Sexual Prohibitions“‘If anyone curses his father and mother he must be put to death. He has cursed his father and mother; his blood guilt is on himself.

  • Ps 7:14
    67%

    14See the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, and gives birth to harmful lies–

  • Prov 27:14
    67%

    14If someone blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him.

  • 2 Sam 16:11
    67%

    11Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants,“My own son, my very own flesh and blood, is trying to take my life. So also now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone so that he can curse, for the LORD has spoken to him.

  • Ezek 18:14
    67%

    14“But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example.

  • Gen 21:5
    67%

    5(Now Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.)

  • Prov 27:11
    67%

    11Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer anyone who taunts me.