37 Bible Verses about Cursing
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Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good for edification, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain for the LORD will not hold guiltless anyone that takes his name in vain.
neither dishonest words nor foolishness nor low jesting, which are not convenient, but rather giving of thanks.
If anyone among you thinks to be religious and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, his religion is vain.
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of the oath the land is deserted; the booths of the wilderness are dried up, and their course was evil, and their force was not right.
The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil, for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
With it we bless God, even the Father; and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God. Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. Does a fountain send forth at the same place both sweet and bitter water?read more.
Can the fig tree, my brethren, produce olive berries? or the vine, figs? In the same manner no fountain can yield both salt water and fresh.
For he that desires to love life and see the good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips that they speak no guile;
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him innocent that takes his name in vain.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
But now put ye also off all these things: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.
But above all things, my brethren, do not swear by heaven or by the earth or by any other oath, but let your yes be yes and your no, no; lest ye fall into condemnation.
but as he who has called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou defile the name of thy God. I am the LORD.
But avoid profane and vain wordiness, for it will develop into ungodliness.
Cursed be he that does the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keeps back his sword from blood.
As he loved the curse, so let it come unto him; as he delighted not in the blessing, so let it be far from him.
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment shall spring up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, cursed shall be the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips, whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood;read more.
destruction and misery are in their ways, and the way of peace they have not known; there is no fear of God before their eyes.
The mouth of the just shall bring forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.
to be temperate, chaste, good housekeepers, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God not be blasphemed. Young men likewise exhort to be temperate; in all things showing thyself as an example of good works, in doctrine showing integrity, seriousness, purity,read more.
sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that the adversary may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
Let your word be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.
In the same manner, the tongue is a very small member and boasts of great things. Behold, how great a forest a little fire kindles! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
in all things showing thyself as an example of good works, in doctrine showing integrity, seriousness, purity, sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that the adversary may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
not that which goes into the mouth defiles the man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man.
From Thematic Bible
Cursing » General references to
For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; they shall be subject to weakness and to a curse.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
As he loved the curse, so let it come unto him; as he delighted not in the blessing, so let it be far from him.
For thine own heart knows that thou thyself likewise hast spoken evil of others many times.
Cursing » Of parents
For any man that curses his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
In the same manner he that curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother, and, Whosoever curses father or mother shall most definitely die.
There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.
Whosoever curses his father or his mother, his fire shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Cursing » Forbidden
Do not curse the king, not even in thy thought; and do not curse the rich even in the secret place of thy bedchamber; for the birds of the air shall carry the voice, and those who have wings shall tell the matter.
Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.
Cursing » Examples of
And when King David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family of the house of Saul came forth, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came forth cursing
Then he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately a cock crew.
And the Philistine said unto 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 that curse you, do good to those that hate you, and pray for those who speak evil about you, and persecute you;
Cursing » Shimei curses david
And when King David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family of the house of Saul came forth, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came forth cursing and casting stones at David and at all the slaves 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 when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial; read more.
the LORD has returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom, thy son; and, behold, thou art taken in thy evil because thou art a bloody man.
Cursing » Apostolic
For in the manner that we have many members in one body, nevertheless all the members do not have the same operation;
Punishment » Death penalty » Mosaic law » Death penalty » Cursing » Parents
And he that smites his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.
For any man that curses his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
In the same manner he that curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
Topics on Cursing
Cursing Israel
Joshua 24:9Then Balak, the son of Zippor, king of the Moabites, 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, which is strong, and their wrath, which is hard; I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
God Cursing
Genesis 3:14And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all beasts and above every animal of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life;
Ungodly Cursing
Psalm 62:4They only consult to cast him down from his greatness; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse in their inward parts. Selah.
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