Jeremiah 20:14

Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

Cross-reference

In Jeremiah 15:10, the prophet similarly laments his birth—'Woe to me, my mother, that you bore me'—a direct parallel to cursing his birth.

In Jeremiah 8:3, the nation's survivors prefer death to life — the same death-wish as Jeremiah's curse on his birth.

In Job 3:3-16, Job curses his birth day and wishes he had never been born—the same lament as Jeremiah's.

In 1 Kings 19:4, Elijah prays for death—a parallel despair over life, like cursing one's birth.

Job 3:1 Parallel

In Job 3:1, Job curses the day of his birth—exactly the same action as Jeremiah.

Job 10:18 Parallel

In Job 10:18, Job wishes he had died before birth—another direct parallel of regretting existence.

Jonah 4:3 Parallel

In Jonah 4:3, Jonah asks to die, saying death is better — directly paralleling Jeremiah's wish he had never been born.

In Ecclesiastes 2:17, the Teacher hates life and calls it meaningless, echoing Jeremiah's curse on his own birth.