Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

General references

Bible References

Curse

Proverbs 21:12
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.
Leviticus 26:14
"'If, however, you do not obey me and keep all these commandments --
Deuteronomy 7:26
You must not bring any abhorrent thing into your house and thereby become an object of divine wrath along with it. You must absolutely detest and abhor it, for it is an object of divine wrath.
Deuteronomy 28:15
"But if you ignore the Lord your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force:
Deuteronomy 29:19
When such a person hears the words of this oath he secretly blesses himself and says, "I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit." This will destroy the watered ground with the parched.
Joshua 6:18
But be careful when you are setting apart the riches for the Lord. If you take any of it, you will make the Israelite camp subject to annihilation and cause a disaster.
Joshua 7:13
Get up! Ritually consecrate the people and tell them this: 'Ritually consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because the Lord God of Israel says, "You are contaminated, O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you."
Psalm 37:22
Surely those favored by the Lord will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out.
Zechariah 5:3
The speaker went on to say, "This is a curse traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals will be removed from the community; or on the other hand (according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate."
Malachi 2:2
If you do not listen and take seriously the need to honor my name," says the Lord who rules over all, "I will send judgment on you and turn your blessings into curses -- indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.

He blesseth

Deuteronomy 28:2
All these blessings will come to you in abundance if you obey the Lord your God:
2 Samuel 6:11
The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months. The Lord blessed Obed-Edom and all his family.
Job 8:6
if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous abode.
Psalm 1:3
He is like a tree planted by flowing streams; it yields its fruit at the proper time, and its leaves never fall off. He succeeds in everything he attempts.
Psalm 91:10
No harm will overtake you; no illness will come near your home.

General references

Job 31:12
For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.
Psalm 37:16
The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,
Mark 11:21
Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered."

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