Verse 18

Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Referenced Verses

  • Job 3:20 : 20 ¶ Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter [in] soul;
  • Job 14:1 : 1 ¶ Man [that is] born of a woman [is] of few days, and full of trouble.
  • Lam 3:1 : 1 ¶ I [am] the man [that] hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
  • Ps 69:19 : 19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries [are] all before thee.
  • Ps 90:9-9 : 9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale [that is told]. 10 The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
  • 1 Cor 4:9-9 : 9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. 10 We [are] fools for Christ's sake, but ye [are] wise in Christ; we [are] weak, but ye [are] strong; ye [are] honourable, but we [are] despised. 11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; 12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: 13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, [and are] the offscouring of all things unto this day.
  • 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
  • Heb 10:36 : 36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
  • Heb 11:36 : 36 And others had trial of [cruel] mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • Heb 13:13 : 13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
  • 1 Pet 4:14-16 : 14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy [are ye]; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or [as] a thief, or [as] an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. 16 Yet if [any man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
  • Gen 3:16-19 : 16 ¶ Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. 17 ¶ And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.
  • Isa 1:6 : 6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head [there is] no soundness in it; [but] wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
  • Isa 51:7 : 7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart [is] my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
  • Jer 8:18 : 18 [When] I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart [is] faint in me.
  • Lam 1:12 : 12 ¶ [Is it] nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted [me] in the day of his fierce anger.
  • John 16:20 : 20 ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.›
  • Acts 5:41 : 41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
  • Job 14:13 : 13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!