Jeremiah 20:18

Modern King James Version

Why did I come forth from the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame?

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he begged for his life, that he might die. And he said, It is enough. O Jehovah, take away my life. For I am no better than my fathers.

Job 14:1

Man born of woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

Job 14:13

Who will grant that You would hide me in the grave, that You would keep me secret, until Your wrath is past, that You would set me a fixed time and remember me?

Job 3:20

Why is light given to one who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,

Job 5:7

but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Psalm 102:3

For my days go up like smoke, and my bones glow like a firebrand.

Psalm 69:19

You have known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor; my enemies are all before You.

Isaiah 1:6

From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it; only a wound and a stripe and a fresh blow; they have not been closed, nor bound up, nor soothed with oil.

Isaiah 51:7

Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is My Law; do not fear the reproach of men, nor be afraid of their revilings.

Jeremiah 15:10

Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not loaned, nor have men loaned to me; yet every one curses me.

Jeremiah 15:18

Why has my pain been without end, and why is my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You surely are to me like a deceitful brook, waters that cannot be trusted.

Jeremiah 3:25

We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covers us; for we have sinned against Jehovah our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God.

Jeremiah 8:18

When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint within me.

Lamentations 1:12

Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Behold and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow which is done to me, with which Jehovah has afflicted me in the day of His fierce anger.

Lamentations 3:1

I the man have seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.

Habakkuk 1:3

Why do You show me evil, and You look on toil? For destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention rises up.

John 16:20

Truly, truly, I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. And you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

Acts 5:41

Then indeed they departed from the presence of the sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be shamed for His name.

2 Timothy 1:12

For this cause I also suffer these things; but I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that He is able to guard My deposit unto that Day.

Hebrews 10:36

For you have need of patience, so that after you have done the will of God you might receive the promise.

Hebrews 11:36

And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings; yes, more, of bonds and imprisonments.

Hebrews 12:2

looking to Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right of the throne of God.

Hebrews 13:13

Therefore let us go forth to Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach.