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Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.(Jeremiah 20:15)
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;(Jeremiah 20:16)
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.(Jeremiah 20:17)
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,(Jeremiah 21:1)
Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.(Jeremiah 21:2)
Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:(Jeremiah 21:3)

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Jeremiah 20:18 - Cross Reference

Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee. (Psalm 69:19)
I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. (Lamentations 3:1)
Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. (Job 14:1)
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. (John 16:20)
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. (1 Peter 4:14)
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. (Genesis 3:16)
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. (Lamentations 1:12)
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; (Job 3:20)
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me. (Jeremiah 8:18)
Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. (Hebrews 13:13)
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. (1 Corinthians 4:9)
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. (Isaiah 1:6)
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. (2 Timothy 1:12)
And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. (Acts 5:41)
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. (Psalm 90:9)
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! (Job 14:13)
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. (Hebrews 10:36)
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. (Isaiah 51:7)
And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: (Hebrews 11:36)
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. (Hebrews 12:2)