43 Bible Verses about curses

As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him.

They may give curses but you give blessing; when they come up against me, put them to shame; but let your servant be glad.

To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.

Today I put before you a blessing and a curse:

These things will come on you and on your seed, to be a sign and a wonder for ever;

And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land of your heritage, you are to put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.

Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers for those who are cruel to you.

How may I put curses on him who is not cursed by God? how may I be angry with him with whom the Lord is not angry?

And the Lord your God will put all these curses on those who are against you, and on your haters who put a cruel yoke on you.

Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his sword from blood.

But the Lord your God would not give ear to Balaam, but let the curse be changed into a blessing to you, because of his love for you.

And the curse if you do not give ear to the orders of the Lord your God, but let yourselves be turned from the way which I have put before you this day, and go after other gods which are not yours.

As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.

Do not give ear to all the words which men say, for fear of hearing the curses of your servant.

Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree:

With it we give praise to our Lord and Father; and with it we put a curse on men who are made in God's image.

The Lord will send on you cursing and trouble and punishment in everything to which you put your hand, till sudden destruction overtakes you; because of your evil ways in which you have been false to me.

Then Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I sent for you so that my haters might be cursed, and see, you have given them a blessing.

But if you do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and take care to do all his orders and his laws which I give you today, then all these curses will come on you and overtake you:

Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.

Then with curses and oaths he said, I have no knowledge of the man. And straight away there came the cry of a cock.

If you will not give ear and take it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the Lord of armies, then I will send the curse on you and will put a curse on your blessing: truly, even now I have put a curse on it, because you do not take it to heart.

Give blessing and not curses to those who are cruel to you.

And your name will become a curse to my people, and the Lord God will put you to death, and give his servants another name:

He who gives a blessing to his friend with a loud voice, getting up early in the morning, will have it put to his account as a curse.

For all who are of the works of the law are under a curse: because it is said in the Writings, A curse is on everyone who does not keep on doing all the things which are ordered in the book of the law.

Then, opening his mouth, and cursing the day of his birth,

Let heaven and earth be my witnesses against you this day that I have put before you life and death, a blessing and a curse: so take life for yourselves and for your seed:

A curse on the day of my birth: let there be no blessing on the day when my mother had me.

He put on cursing like a robe, and it has come into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

Cursed is the man who makes any image of wood or stone or metal, disgusting to the Lord, the work of man's hands, and puts it up in secret. And let all the people say, So be it.

And say to the children of Israel, As for any man cursing God, his sin will be on his head.

Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,

And the priest will put these curses in a book, washing out the writing with the bitter water;

A curse, a curse on Meroz! said the angel of the Lord. A bitter curse on her townspeople! Because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord among the strong ones.

And you may not take a disgusting thing into your house, and so become cursed with its curse: but keep yourselves from it, turning from it with fear and hate, for it is a cursed thing.

And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;

And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.

Now when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse which I have put before you, if the thought of them comes back to your minds, when you are living among the nations where the Lord your God has sent you,