43 Bible Verses about curses

And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him.

Let them curse, but bless thou; when they rise up, let them be ashamed, and let thy servant rejoice.

And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

See, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.

And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah thy God hath brought thee into the land whither thou enterest in to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.

The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

bless those that curse you; pray for those who use you despitefully.

How shall I curse whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I denounce whom Jehovah doth not denounce?

And Jehovah thy God will put all these curses on thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, who have persecuted thee.

Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood!

But Jehovah thy God would not listen to Balaam; and Jehovah thy God turned the curse into blessing unto thee, because Jehovah thy God loved thee.

and a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of Jehovah your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods which ye have not known.

As the sparrow for flitting about, as the swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come.

Also give not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee.

Christ has redeemed us out of the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, (for it is written, Cursed is every one hanged upon a tree,)

Therewith bless we the Lord and Father, and therewith curse we men made after the likeness of God.

Jehovah will send upon thee cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all the business of thy hand which thou doest, until thou be destroyed and until thou perish quickly, because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

And Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

But it shall come to pass if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to take heed to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee and overtake thee.

Out of the same mouth goes forth blessing and cursing. It is not right, my brethren, that these things should be thus.

Then he began to curse and to swear, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

If ye do not hear, and if ye do not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, I will even send the curse among you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have already cursed them, because ye do not lay it to heart.

Bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not.

And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto mine elect; for the Lord Jehovah will slay thee, and will call his servants by another name:

He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be reckoned a curse to him.

For as many as are on the principle of works of law are under curse. For it is written, Cursed is every one who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them;

After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.

I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you: life and death have I set before you, blessing and cursing: choose then life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed,

Cursed be the day wherein I was born; let not the day wherein my mother bore me be blessed!

And he clothed himself with cursing like his vestment; so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones;

Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination to Jehovah, a work of the craftsman's hand, and putteth it up secretly! And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Every one when he revileth his God shall bear his sin.

Because of the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and because of cursing and lying which they speak.

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall blot them out with the bitter water,

"Curse Meroz, says the angel of the LORD, curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.

And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.

and labour, working with our own hands. Railed at, we bless; persecuted, we suffer it;

And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed be the ground on thy account; with toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt take them to heart among all the nations whither Jehovah thy God hath driven thee,