Bible Cross References
Woe
Jeremiah 9:1
I wish my head were a well of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, so that I could cry day and night for my people who have been killed.
Jeremiah 15:10-21
10
What an unhappy man I am! Why did my mother bring me into the world? I have to quarrel and argue with everyone in the land. I have not lent any money or borrowed any; yet everyone curses me.
11
LORD, may all their curses come true if I have not served you well, if I have not pleaded with you on behalf of my enemies when they were in trouble and distress.
12
(No one can break iron, especially the iron from the north that is mixed with bronze.)
13
The LORD said to me, "I will send enemies to carry away the wealth and treasures of my people, in order to punish them for the sins they have committed throughout the land.
14
I will make them serve their enemies in a land they know nothing about, because my anger is like fire, and it will burn forever."
15
Then I said, " LORD, you understand. Remember me and help me. Let me have revenge on those who persecute me. Do not be so patient with them that they succeed in killing me. Remember that it is for your sake that I am insulted.
16
You spoke to me, and I listened to every word. I belong to you, LORD God Almighty, and so your words filled my heart with joy and happiness.
17
I did not spend my time with other people, laughing and having a good time. In obedience to your orders I stayed by myself and was filled with anger.
18
Why do I keep on suffering? Why are my wounds incurable? Why won't they heal? Do you intend to disappoint me like a stream that goes dry in the summer?"
19
To this the LORD replied, "If you return, I will take you back, and you will be my servant again. If instead of talking nonsense you proclaim a worthwhile message, you will be my prophet again. The people will come back to you, and you will not need to go to them.
20
I will make you like a solid bronze wall as far as they are concerned. They will fight against you, but they will not defeat you. I will be with you to protect you and keep you safe.
21
I will rescue you from the power of wicked and violent people. I, the LORD, have spoken."
Jeremiah 20:7-18
7
LORD, you have deceived me, and I was deceived. You are stronger than I am, and you have overpowered me. Everyone makes fun of me; they laugh at me all day long.
8
Whenever I speak, I have to cry out and shout, "Violence! Destruction!" LORD, I am ridiculed and scorned all the time because I proclaim your message.
9
But when I say, "I will forget the LORD and no longer speak in his name," then your message is like a fire burning deep within me. I try my best to hold it in, but can no longer keep it back.
10
I hear everybody whispering, "Terror is everywhere! So let's report him to the authorities!" Even my close friends wait for my downfall. "Perhaps he can be tricked," they say; "then we can catch him and get revenge."
11
But you, LORD, are on my side, strong and mighty, and those who persecute me will fail. They will be disgraced forever, because they cannot succeed. Their disgrace will never be forgotten.
12
But, Almighty LORD, you test people justly; you know what is in their hearts and minds. So let me see you take revenge on my enemies, for I have placed my cause in your hands.
13
Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! He rescues the oppressed from the power of evil people.
14
Curse the day I was born! Forget the day my mother gave me birth!
15
Curse the one who made my father glad by bringing him the news, "It's a boy! You have a son!"
16
May he be like those cities that the LORD destroyed without mercy. May he hear cries of pain in the morning and the battle alarm at noon,
17
for not killing me before I was born. Then my mother's womb would have been my grave.
18
Why was I born? Was it only to have trouble and sorrow, to end my life in disgrace?
Psalm 120:5
Living among you is as bad as living in Meshech or among the people of Kedar.
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Genesis 37:34
Jacob tore his clothes in sorrow and put on sackcloth. He mourned for his son a long time.
Genesis 37:35
All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, "I will go down to the world of the dead still mourning for my son." So he continued to mourn for his son Joseph.
Genesis 42:36-38
36
Their father said to them, "Do you want to make me lose all my children? Joseph is gone; Simeon is gone; and now you want to take away Benjamin. I am the one who suffers!"
37
Reuben said to his father, "If I do not bring Benjamin back to you, you can kill my two sons. Put him in my care, and I will bring him back."
38
But Jacob said, "My son cannot go with you; his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. Something might happen to him on the way. I am an old man, and the sorrow you would cause me would kill me."
Numbers 11:11-15
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and he said to the LORD, "Why have you treated me so badly? Why are you displeased with me? Why have you given me the responsibility for all these people?
12
I didn't create them or bring them to birth! Why should you ask me to act like a nurse and carry them in my arms like babies all the way to the land you promised to their ancestors?
13
Where could I get enough meat for all these people? They keep whining and asking for meat.
14
I can't be responsible for all these people by myself; it's too much for me!
15
If you are going to treat me like this, have pity on me and kill me, so that I won't have to endure your cruelty any longer."
Joshua 7:7-9
7
And Joshua said, "Sovereign LORD! Why did you bring us across the Jordan at all? To turn us over to the Amorites? To destroy us? Why didn't we just stay on the other side of the Jordan?
8
What can I say, O Lord, now that Israel has retreated from the enemy?
9
The Canaanites and everyone else in the country will hear about it. They will surround us and kill every one of us! And then what will you do to protect your honor?"
Job 16:11-13
11
God has handed me over to evil people.
12
I was living in peace, but God took me by the throat and battered me and crushed me. God uses me for target practice
13
and shoots arrows at me from every side--- arrows that pierce and wound me; and even then he shows no pity.
Job 23:2
Psalm 42:7
Lamentations 3:1-19
1
I am one who knows what it is to be punished by God.
2
He drove me deeper and deeper into darkness
3
And beat me again and again with merciless blows.
4
He has left my flesh open and raw, and has broken my bones.
5
He has shut me in a prison of misery and anguish.
6
He has forced me to live in the stagnant darkness of death.
7
He has bound me in chains; I am a prisoner with no hope of escape.
8
I cry aloud for help, but God refuses to listen;
9
I stagger as I walk; stone walls block me wherever I turn.
10
He waited for me like a bear; he pounced on me like a lion.
11
He chased me off the road, tore me to pieces, and left me.
12
He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrows.
13
He shot his arrows deep into my body.
14
People laugh at me all day long; I am a joke to them all.
15
Bitter suffering is all he has given me for food and drink.
16
He rubbed my face in the ground and broke my teeth on rocks.
17
I have forgotten what health and peace and happiness are.
18
I do not have much longer to live; my hope in the LORD is gone.
19
The thought of my pain, my homelessness, is bitter poison.
Lamentations 3:32-19
I fainted
Jeremiah 8:18
My sorrow cannot be healed; I am sick at heart.
Psalm 27:13
I know that I will live to see the LORD's goodness in this present life.
Psalm 77:3
When I think of God, I sigh; when I meditate, I feel discouraged.
Psalm 77:4
He keeps me awake all night; I am so worried that I cannot speak.
Proverbs 24:10
If you are weak in a crisis, you are weak indeed.
Lamentations 1:13
"He sent fire from above, a fire that burned inside me. He set a trap for me and brought me to the ground. Then he abandoned me and left me in constant pain.
Lamentations 1:22
"Condemn them for all their wickedness; Punish them as you punished me for my sins. I groan in misery, and I am sick at heart."
2 Corinthians 4:1
God in his mercy has given us this work to do, and so we do not become discouraged.
2 Corinthians 4:16
For this reason we never become discouraged. Even though our physical being is gradually decaying, yet our spiritual being is renewed day after day.
Galatians 6:9
So let us not become tired of doing good; for if we do not give up, the time will come when we will reap the harvest.
2 Thessalonians 3:13
But you, friends, must not become tired of doing good.
Hebrews 12:3-5
3
Think of what he went through; how he put up with so much hatred from sinners! So do not let yourselves become discouraged and give up.
4
For in your struggle against sin you have not yet had to resist to the point of being killed.
5
Have you forgotten the encouraging words which God speaks to you as his children? "My child, pay attention when the Lord corrects you, and do not be discouraged when he rebukes you.