37 Bible Verses about Cursing
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Let no corrupt word go out of your mouth, but if there be any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear it.
Thou shalt not idly utter the name of Jehovah thy God; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that idly uttereth his name.
and filthiness and foolish talking, or jesting, which are not convenient; but rather thanksgiving.
If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain.
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of execration the land mourneth. The pastures of the wilderness are dried up; for their course is evil, and their force is not right.
The good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, brings forth good; and the wicked man out of the wicked, brings forth what is wicked: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
Therewith bless we the Lord and Father, and therewith curse we men made after the likeness of God. Out of the same mouth goes forth blessing and cursing. It is not right, my brethren, that these things should be thus. Does the fountain, out of the same opening, pour forth sweet and bitter?read more.
Can, my brethren, a fig produce olives, or a vine figs? Neither can salt water make sweet water.
For he that will love life and see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil and his lips that they speak no guile.
Thou shalt not idly utter the name of Jehovah thy God; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that idly uttereth his name.
His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
But now, put off, ye also, all these things, wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language out of your mouth.
Out of the same mouth goes forth blessing and cursing. It is not right, my brethren, that these things should be thus.
But before all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, that ye do not fall under judgment.
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.
A soft answer turneth away fury; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.
Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood!
And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him.
They speak mere words, swearing falsely in making a covenant; therefore shall judgment spring up as hemlock in the furrows of the fields.
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;
their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; asps' poison is under their lips: whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; swift their feet to shed blood;read more.
ruin and misery are in their ways, and way of peace they have not known: there is no fear of God before their eyes.
The mouth of a righteous man putteth forth wisdom; but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
discreet, chaste, diligent in home work, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of. The younger men in like manner exhort to be discreet: in all things affording thyself as a pattern of good works; in teaching uncorruptedness, gravity,read more.
a sound word, not to be condemned; that he who is opposed may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us:
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Let your word be always with grace, seasoned with salt, so as to know how ye ought to answer each one.
Thus also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. See how little a fire, how large a wood it kindles! and the tongue is fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell.
in all things affording thyself as a pattern of good works; in teaching uncorruptedness, gravity, a sound word, not to be condemned; that he who is opposed may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us:
Not what enters into the mouth defiles the man; but what goes forth out of the mouth, this defiles the man.
From Thematic Bible
Cursing » General references to
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.
His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him.
For also thine own heart knoweth that oftentimes thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
Cursing » Of parents
Whatever man revileth his father and his mother shall certainly be put to death: he hath reviled his father and his mother; his blood is upon him.
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, he who speaks ill of father or mother, let him surely die.
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.
Cursing » Forbidden
Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for the bird of the air will carry the voice, and that which hath wings will tell the matter.
Out of the same mouth goes forth blessing and cursing. It is not right, my brethren, that these things should be thus.
Cursing » Examples of
And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out from thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed,
Then he began to curse and to swear, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
Cursing » The precepts of jesus concerning
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who insult you and persecute you,
Cursing » Shimei curses david
And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out from thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed, and cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David; and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. And thus said Shimei as he cursed: Away, away, thou man of blood and man of Belial! read more.
Jehovah has returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and Jehovah has given the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; and behold, thou art taken in thine own evil, for thou art a man of blood.
Cursing » Apostolic
Punishment » Death penalty » Mosaic law » Death penalty » Cursing » Parents
And he that striketh his father, or his mother, shall certainly be put to death.
Whatever man revileth his father and his mother shall certainly be put to death: he hath reviled his father and his mother; his blood is upon him.
Topics on Cursing
Cursing Israel
Joshua 24:9And Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;
Cursing The Ungodly
Genesis 49:7Cursed be their anger, for it was violent; And their rage, for it was cruel! I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.
God Cursing
Genesis 3:14And Jehovah Elohim said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this, be thou cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field. On thy belly shalt thou go, and eat dust all the days of thy life.
Ungodly Cursing
Psalm 62:4They only consult to thrust him down from his excellency; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but in their inward part they curse. Selah.