Cross references

Jeremiah 20:18

Why did I come out of the womb

to see only trouble and sorrow,

and to end my days in shame?

Jeremiah 20:18 BSB

Jeremiah 20:18 has 20 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Job 3:20 (5 votes) and Job 14:1 (4 votes). 19 other verses point back to it. It links with 18 other books, from Genesis 3 to 1 Peter 4.

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Which verses does Jeremiah 20:18 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Job 3:205 votes

    Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,

  2. Job 14:14 votes

    “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.

  3. I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.

  4. If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler. …

  5. You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.

  6. For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh. The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

  7. For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men. We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored. …

  8. To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.” And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. …

  9. Job 14:132 votes

    If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!

  10. Isaiah 1:62 votes

    From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.

  11. John 16:202 votes
  12. Acts 5:412 votes

Which verses point to Jeremiah 20:18?

The 10 strongest of 19.