Jeremiah 20 cross-references
Jeremiah 20 has 18 verses, which point to 298 other passages and are cited by 241. Below is the King James text of each verse with its strongest cross-references, ranked by OpenBible.info reader votes.
See Jeremiah 20’s threads in the explorerJeremiah 20:1
Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
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- Ezra 2:37–38 — The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. 5 votes
- 1 Chronicles 24:14 — The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, 5 votes
- 2 Kings 25:18 — And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three… 4 votes
- Nehemiah 7:40–41 — The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. 3 votes
- Acts 5:24 — Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted… 2 votes
- Acts 4:1 — And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon… 2 votes
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- Jeremiah 29:26 — The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house… 7 votes
- Jeremiah 1:19 — And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the… 4 votes
- Jeremiah 37:15 — Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan… 3 votes
- Acts 4:17 — But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to… 2 votes
Jeremiah 20:2
Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
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- Jeremiah 37:13 — And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of… 5 votes
- Zechariah 14:10 — All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up,… 4 votes
- Jeremiah 1:19 — And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the… 4 votes
- 2 Chronicles 16:10 — Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of… 4 votes
- Amos 7:10–13 — Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee… 3 votes
- Jeremiah 36:26 — But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son… 3 votes
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- Hebrews 11:36 — And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: 13 votes
- Acts 5:20 — Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. 4 votes
- 2 Chronicles 18:23 — Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the… 4 votes
- Acts 7:52 — Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the… 3 votes
Jeremiah 20:3
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib.
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- Jeremiah 20:10 — For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my… 5 votes
- Lamentations 2:22 — Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD'S anger none… 4 votes
- Jeremiah 46:5 — Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled… 4 votes
- Psalms 31:13 — For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me,… 4 votes
- Jeremiah 6:25 — Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side. 3 votes
- Isaiah 8:3 — And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name… 3 votes
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- Ezekiel 13:9 — And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the… 3 votes
- Lamentations 2:22 — Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD'S anger none… 3 votes
- Genesis 17:5 — Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations… 3 votes
- Jeremiah 49:29 — Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all… 2 votes
Jeremiah 20:4
For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.
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- Jeremiah 29:21 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of… 6 votes
- Jeremiah 25:9 — Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of… 5 votes
- Jeremiah 39:6–7 — Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew… 4 votes
- Jeremiah 32:27–31 — Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? 4 votes
- Jeremiah 21:4–10 — Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands,… 4 votes
- Job 18:11–21 — Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. 3 votes
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- Proverbs 28:1 — The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. 30 votes
- Jeremiah 20:6 — And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon,… 3 votes
- Jeremiah 52:27 — And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was… 2 votes
- Jeremiah 49:5 — Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye… 2 votes
Jeremiah 20:5
Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.
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- Ezekiel 22:25 — There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have… 4 votes
- Jeremiah 15:13 — Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in… 4 votes
- Lamentations 1:10 — The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen… 3 votes
- Jeremiah 17:3 — O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places… 3 votes
- 2 Chronicles 36:10 — And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels… 3 votes
- 2 Kings 25:13–17 — And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in… 3 votes
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- Isaiah 39:6 — Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store… 6 votes
- 2 Kings 24:13 — And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house,… 5 votes
- Jeremiah 15:13 — Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in… 4 votes
- Hosea 13:15 — Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from… 2 votes
Jeremiah 20:6
And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.
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- Lamentations 2:14 — Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn… 5 votes
- Jeremiah 14:14–15 — Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded… 5 votes
- Ezekiel 22:28 — And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying,… 3 votes
- Jeremiah 20:4 — For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall… 3 votes
- 2 Peter 2:1–3 — But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who… 2 votes
- Acts 13:8–11 — But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the… 2 votes
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- Jeremiah 28:15 — Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee;… 10 votes
- Jeremiah 28:16 — Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt… 3 votes
- Amos 7:17 — Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall… 2 votes
- Jeremiah 29:32 — Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have… 2 votes
Jeremiah 20:7
O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
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- Hosea 9:7 — The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a… 5 votes
- Lamentations 3:14 — I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. 5 votes
- Jeremiah 20:9 — Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart… 5 votes
- Ezekiel 3:14 — So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the… 4 votes
- Psalms 22:6–7 — But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. 4 votes
- Psalms 69:9–12 — For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon… 3 votes
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- Ezekiel 3:14 — So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the… 8 votes
- Psalms 94:19 — In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. 7 votes
- Psalms 119:51 — The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law. 6 votes
- Lamentations 3:14 — I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. 5 votes
Jeremiah 20:8
For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.
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- Jeremiah 6:10 — To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they… 6 votes
- 2 Chronicles 36:16 — But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of… 6 votes
- 1 Peter 4:14 — If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon… 2 votes
- Hebrews 13:13 — Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. 2 votes
- Hebrews 11:26 — Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the… 2 votes
- Luke 11:45 — Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also. 2 votes
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- Jeremiah 6:10 — To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they… 5 votes
- Jeremiah 6:7 — As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her;… 5 votes
- John 7:7 — The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. 4 votes
- Habakkuk 1:3 — Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me:… 4 votes
Jeremiah 20:9
Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
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- Psalms 39:3 — My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, 42 votes
- Job 32:18–20 — For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. 34 votes
- Acts 4:20 — For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. 23 votes
- 1 Corinthians 9:16–17 — For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto… 17 votes
- Acts 17:16 — Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to… 16 votes
- Ezekiel 3:14 — So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the… 15 votes
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- Jeremiah 23:29 — Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? 30 votes
- Acts 4:20 — For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. 18 votes
- 1 Corinthians 9:16 — For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto… 10 votes
- Luke 24:32 — And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while… 10 votes
Jeremiah 20:10
For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
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- Psalms 41:9 — Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against… 8 votes
- Psalms 31:13 — For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me,… 7 votes
- Isaiah 29:21 — That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside… 6 votes
- Jeremiah 18:18 — Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the… 5 votes
- Acts 24:13 — Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. 4 votes
- Ezekiel 22:9 — In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee… 4 votes
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- Psalms 41:9 — Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against… 10 votes
- Jeremiah 11:19 — But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices… 9 votes
- Psalms 31:13 — For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me,… 8 votes
- 1 Corinthians 13:6 — Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 votes
Jeremiah 20:11
But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
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- Jeremiah 1:19 — And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the… 41 votes
- Jeremiah 1:8 — Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. 38 votes
- Jeremiah 15:20 — And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall… 34 votes
- Jeremiah 17:18 — Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me… 25 votes
- Isaiah 41:10 — Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will… 25 votes
- Psalms 40:14 — Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven… 23 votes
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- Romans 8:31 — What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? 141 votes
- Psalms 121:2 — My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. 33 votes
- Psalms 25:3 — Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. 33 votes
- Jeremiah 1:19 — And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the… 31 votes
Jeremiah 20:12
But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
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- Jeremiah 11:20 — But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance… 8 votes
- Psalms 62:8 — Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. 8 votes
- Psalms 54:7 — For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies. 7 votes
- Jeremiah 17:10 — I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to… 6 votes
- Psalms 59:10 — The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies. 6 votes
- Psalms 139:23 — Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 5 votes
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- Jeremiah 17:10 — I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to… 22 votes
- 1 Samuel 16:7 — But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have… 20 votes
- 1 Chronicles 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a… 12 votes
- Jeremiah 11:20 — But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance… 11 votes
Jeremiah 20:13
Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
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- Isaiah 25:4 — For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm,… 7 votes
- Psalms 69:33 — For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. 6 votes
- Psalms 35:9–11 — And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation. 5 votes
- Psalms 72:4 — He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the… 4 votes
- Psalms 34:6 — This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 4 votes
- James 2:5–6 — Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the… 3 votes
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- Psalms 41:11 — By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. 8 votes
- Acts 4:24 — And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God,… 3 votes
- 2 Samuel 11:15 — And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from… 2 votes
Jeremiah 20:14
Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
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- Jeremiah 15:10 — Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I… 8 votes
- Job 3:3–16 — Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. 4 votes
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- Jonah 4:3 — Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. 7 votes
- Job 3:3 — Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. 6 votes
- Job 3:1 — After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. 6 votes
- 1 Kings 19:4 — But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he… 5 votes
Jeremiah 20:15
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
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- Luke 1:14 — And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. 2 votes
- Jeremiah 1:5 — Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified… 2 votes
- Genesis 21:5–6 — And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. 2 votes
Jeremiah 20:16
And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
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- Jeremiah 18:22 — Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged… 4 votes
- Jeremiah 48:3–4 — A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction. 3 votes
- Deuteronomy 29:23 — And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor… 3 votes
- Jude 1:7 — Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication,… 2 votes
- 2 Peter 2:6 — And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an… 2 votes
- Luke 17:29 — But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 2 votes
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- Genesis 19:24 — Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; 5 votes
- Deuteronomy 29:23 — And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor… 4 votes
- Jude 1:7 — Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication,… 3 votes
- Jeremiah 23:14 — I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they… 3 votes
Jeremiah 20:17
Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.
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- Job 10:18–19 — Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had… 5 votes
- Job 3:10–11 — Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. 5 votes
- Ecclesiastes 6:3 — If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul… 3 votes
- Job 3:16 — Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. 3 votes
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- Job 3:10 — Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. 3 votes
- Ecclesiastes 4:3 — Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under… 2 votes
Jeremiah 20:18
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
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- Job 3:20 — Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; 5 votes
- 1 Peter 4:14–16 — If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon… 4 votes
- Lamentations 3:1 — I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 4 votes
- Job 14:1 — Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. 4 votes
- 1 Corinthians 4:9–13 — For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a… 3 votes
- Psalms 90:9–10 — For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. 3 votes
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- Job 3:20 — Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; 6 votes
- Numbers 11:15 — And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and… 4 votes
- Isaiah 15:4 — And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers… 2 votes
- Leviticus 3:14 — And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth… 2 votes