Jeremiah 20:18

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Why did I have to come out of her body? All I have seen is trouble and sorrow, and my life will end in shame.

Cross References

Job 3:20

“Why must a suffering person continue to live? Why let anyone live such a bitter life?

Lamentations 3:1

I am a man who has seen much trouble. God beat us with a stick, and I saw it happen.

Job 14:1

“We are all human beings. Our life is short and full of trouble.

Psalm 69:19

You know the shame I have suffered. You know all my enemies. You saw how they humiliated me.

Hebrews 13:13

So we should go to Jesus outside the camp and accept the same shame that he had.

Hebrews 12:2

We must never stop looking to Jesus. He is the leader of our faith, and he is the one who makes our faith complete. He suffered death on a cross. But he accepted the shame of the cross as if it were nothing because of the joy he could see waiting for him. And now he is sitting at the right side of God’s throne.

Hebrews 11:36

Some were laughed at and beaten. Others were tied up and put in prison.

Hebrews 10:36

You must be patient. After you have done what God wants, you will get what he promised you.

2 Timothy 1:12

And I suffer now because of that work. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one I have put my trust in. And I am sure that he is able to protect what I have put into his care until that Day.

Acts 5:41

The apostles left the council meeting. They were happy because they were given the honor of suffering dishonor for Jesus.

John 16:20

The truth is, you will cry and be sad, but the world will be happy. You will be sad, but then your sadness will change to happiness.

Lamentations 1:12

All you who pass by on the road, you don’t seem to care. But look at me and see. Is there any pain like my pain? Is there any pain like the pain that has come to me? Is there any pain like the pain that the Lord has punished me with? He has punished me on the day of his great anger.

Jeremiah 8:18

God, I am very sad and afraid.

Isaiah 51:7

You people who understand goodness should listen to me. You people who follow my teachings should hear the things I say. Don’t be afraid of evil people. Don’t let their insults upset you.

Isaiah 1:6

From the bottom of your feet to the top of your head, every part of your body has wounds, cuts, and open sores. You have not taken care of them. Your wounds have not been cleaned and bandaged.

Job 14:13

“I wish you would hide me in my grave. I wish you would hide me there, until your anger is gone. Then you could pick a time to remember me.

Job 5:7

But people are born to have trouble, as surely as sparks rise from a fire.

Psalm 102:3

My life is passing away like smoke. My life is like a fire slowly burning out.

Jeremiah 3:25

Let us lie down in our shame. Let our shame cover us like a blanket. We have sinned against the Lord our God. We and our fathers have sinned. We have not obeyed the Lord our God from the time we were children.’”

Jeremiah 15:10

Mother, I am sorry that you gave birth to me. I am the one who must accuse and criticize the whole land. I have not loaned or borrowed anything, but everyone curses me.

Habakkuk 1:3

People are stealing things and hurting others. They are arguing and fighting. Why do you make me look at these terrible things?

1 Kings 19:4

and walked for a whole day into the desert. Then he sat down under a bush and asked to die. He said, “I have had enough, Lord! Take my life. I am no better than my ancestors.”

Jeremiah 15:18

I don’t understand why I still hurt. I don’t understand why my wound is not cured and cannot be healed. I think you have changed. You are like a spring of water that became dry. You are like a spring whose water has stopped flowing.