43 Bible Verses about curses

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Psalm 109:17

As he loved cursing, so let it come to him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

Psalm 109:28

Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

Deuteronomy 28:46

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

Deuteronomy 11:29

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

Proverbs 3:33

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

Numbers 23:8

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

Deuteronomy 30:7

And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thy enemies, and on them that hate thee, who persecuted thee.

Deuteronomy 23:5

Nevertheless, the LORD thy God would not hearken to Balaam: but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing to thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.

Deuteronomy 11:28

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

Proverbs 26:2

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

Ecclesiastes 7:21

Also take no heed to all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:

Deuteronomy 28:20

The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou undertakest to perform, until thou shalt be destroyed, and until thou shalt perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings by which thou hast forsaken me.

Numbers 23:11

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

Deuteronomy 28:15

But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe 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:

James 3:10

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

Malachi 2:2

If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yes, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

Isaiah 65:15

And ye shall leave your name for a curse to my chosen: for the Lord GOD will slay thee, and call his servants by another name:

Proverbs 27:14

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

Galatians 3:10

For as many as are of the works of the law, are under the curse: for it is written, Accursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

Jeremiah 20:14

Cursed be the day in which I was born: let not the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.

Psalm 109:18

As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

Deuteronomy 27:15

Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the artificer, and putteth it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer, and say Amen.

Leviticus 24:15

And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel, saying, Whoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.

Psalm 59:12

For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

Numbers 5:23

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

Judges 5:23

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

Deuteronomy 7:26

Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thy house, lest thou shouldst be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.

Deuteronomy 30:1

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

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Curses » Who not to curse

Ecclesiastes 10:20

Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bed-chamber: for a bird of the air will carry the voice, and that which hath wings will tell the matter.

Curses » Those that curse their parents

Curses » Those that are cursed

Psalm 37:20-22

But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous showeth mercy, and giveth. For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the earth; and they that are cursed by him shall be cut off.

Jeremiah 17:5-6

Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.

Curses » The curse of the lord

Proverbs 3:33

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

Curses » The curse causeless

Proverbs 26:2

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

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Curses, Christian Response To

Luke 6:29-30

And to him that smiteth thee on the one cheek, offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke, forbid not to take thy coat also.

Curses, Human

2 Kings 2:23-24

And he went up from thence to Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, thou bald-head; go up, thou bald-head.

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