10 Bible Verses about Regretting Birth
Most Relevant Verses
May the day I was born perish,
and the night when they said,
“A boy is conceived.”
Why was I not stillborn;
why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?
May the day I was born
be cursed.
May the day my mother bore me
never be blessed.
Woe is me, my mother,
that you gave birth to me,
a man who incites dispute and conflict
in all the land.
I did not lend or borrow,
yet everyone curses me.
Why did I come out of the womb
to see only struggle and sorrow,
to end my life in shame?
“You were born entirely in sin,” they replied, “and are you trying to teach us?” Then they threw him out.
A good name is better than fine perfume,
and the day of one’s death than the day of one’s birth.