Jeremiah 20:15
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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14 Cursed be the day I was born! May that day not be blessed when my mother gave birth to me.
- Jer 20:16-183 verses80%
16 May 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.
17 For he did not kill me before I came from the womb, making my pregnant mother’s womb my grave forever.
18 Why did I ever come forth from my mother’s womb? All I experience is trouble and grief, and I spend my days in shame.
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2 Job spoke up and said:
3 “Let the day on which I was born perish, and the night that said,‘A man has been conceived!’
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10 Danger 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 23:24-252 verses72%
24 The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.
25 May your father and your mother have joy; may she who bore you rejoice.
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10 Jeremiah 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.”
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16 ‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
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13 The 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!
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25 A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.
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21 Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.
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11 There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
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20 A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.
- Gen 27:12-132 verses69%
12 My father may touch me! Then he’ll think I’m mocking him and I’ll bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing.”
13 So his mother told him,“Any curse against you will fall on me, my son! Just obey me! Go and get them for me!”
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14 Nonetheless, because you have treated the LORD with such contempt in this matter, the son who has been born to you will certainly die.”
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3 Even 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!”
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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!’
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16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the field.
17 Your basket and your mixing bowl will be cursed.
18 Your children will be cursed, as well as the produce of your soil, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.
19 You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.
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30 The 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.”
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20 The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.
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19 He said to his father,“My head! My head!” His father told a servant,“Carry him to his mother.”
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3 For 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.
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14 Joy and gladness will come to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
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18 An Appeal for Relief“Why then did you bring me out from the womb? I should have died and no eye would have seen me!
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18 If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,
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1 The Brevity of Life“Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.
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17 He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.
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21 When 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.
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29 He 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.”
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22 He 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.
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16 In 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.
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6 Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.
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16 Or why was I not buried like a stillborn infant, like infants who have never seen the light?
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25 So he said,“Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves he will be to his brothers.”
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9 Family 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.
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14 See the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, and gives birth to harmful lies–
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14 If someone blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him.
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11 Then 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.
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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.
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5 (Now Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.)
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11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer anyone who taunts me.