Jeremiah 15:10

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Jeremiah 15:8–12 · Berean Standard Bible

8 I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.

9 The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD.

10 Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.

11 The LORD said: “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will intercede with your enemy in your time of trouble, in your time of distress.

12 Can anyone smash iron— iron from the north—or bronze?

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Jeremiah 20:14

Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.

Jeremiah 20:15

Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy.

Jeremiah 20:16

May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon,

Jeremiah 20:17

because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.

Jeremiah 20:18

Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?

Job 3:1

After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

Job 3:2

And this is what he said:

Job 3:3

“May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’

Job 3:4

If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.

Job 3:5

May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.

Job 3:6

If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.

Job 3:7

Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.

Job 3:8

May it be cursed by those who curse the day — those prepared to rouse Leviathan.

Job 3:9

May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.

Job 3:10

For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.

Job 3:11

Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?

Job 3:12

Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?

Job 3:13

For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest

Job 3:14

with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,

Job 3:15

or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.

Job 3:16

Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?

Job 3:17

There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.

Job 3:18

The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

Job 3:19

Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.

Job 3:20

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

Job 3:21

who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,

Job 3:22

who rejoice and greatly exult when they can find the grave?

Job 3:23

Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?

Job 3:24

I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.

Job 3:25

For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.

Job 3:26

I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”

Jeremiah 15:20

Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 1:18

Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.

Jeremiah 1:19

They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 20:7

You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.

Jeremiah 20:8

For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long.

1 Kings 18:17

When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”

1 Kings 18:18

“I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.

1 Kings 21:20

When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.

1 Kings 22:8

The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.

Psalms 120:5

Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!

Psalms 120:6

Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.

Ezekiel 2:6

But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 2:7

But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.

Ezekiel 3:7

But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.

Ezekiel 3:8

Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.

Ezekiel 3:9

I will make your forehead like a diamond, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or dismayed at their presence, even though they are a rebellious house.”

Matthew 10:21

Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.

Matthew 10:22

You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

Matthew 10:23

When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

Matthew 24:9

Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

Luke 2:34

Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,

Acts 16:20

They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil

Acts 16:21

by promoting customs that are unlawful for us Romans to adopt or practice.”

Acts 16:22

The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.

Acts 17:6

But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,

Acts 17:7

and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”

Acts 17:8

On hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed.

Acts 19:8

Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.

Acts 19:9

But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

Acts 19:25

Demetrius assembled the craftsmen, along with the workmen in related trades. “Men,” he said, “you know that this business is our source of prosperity.

Acts 19:26

And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.

Acts 19:27

There is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty deposed—she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”

Acts 19:28

When the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

Acts 28:22

But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”

1 Corinthians 4:9

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.

1 Corinthians 4:10

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.

1 Corinthians 4:11

To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.

1 Corinthians 4:12

We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;

1 Corinthians 4:13

when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.

Exodus 22:25

If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.

Deuteronomy 23:19

Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.

Deuteronomy 23:20

You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess.

Nehemiah 5:1

About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.

Nehemiah 5:2

Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”

Nehemiah 5:3

Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”

Nehemiah 5:4

Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

Nehemiah 5:5

We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”

Nehemiah 5:6

When I heard their outcry and these complaints, I became extremely angry,

Psalms 15:5

who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.

Psalms 109:28

Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.

Proverbs 26:2

Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

Matthew 5:44

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.