37 Bible Verses about Cursing
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Let not any filthy word go out of your mouth, but if any is good to building up in respect of need, that it may give grace to the ones hearing.
You shall not take the name of Jehovah your God in vain. For Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that takes His name in vain.
neither baseness, foolish talking, jesting, which are not becoming, but rather giving of thanks.
If anyone thinks to be religious among you, yet does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is vain.
For the land is full of adulterers. Yes, because of cursing the land mourns; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their power is not right.
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth the good. And an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth the evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
By this we bless God, even the Father. And by this we curse men, who have come into being according to the image of God. Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. Does a fountain send forth at the same hole the sweet and the bitter?read more.
Can the fig tree, my brothers, bear olive berries; or a vine, figs? So no fountain can yield both salt water and fresh.
For he that wants to love life and to see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile.
You shall not take the name of Jehovah your God in vain, for Jehovah will not acquit the one who takes His name in vain.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue are mischief and vanity.
But now also put off all these things: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, shameful speech out of your mouth.
Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
But before all things, my brothers, do not swear; neither by the heaven nor by the earth, nor any other oath. But let your yes be yes, and your no, no, lest you fall into condemnation.
And you shall not swear by My name falsely; nor shall you profane the name of your God. I am Jehovah.
A soft answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.
Cursed is he who does the work of Jehovah deceitfully, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.
Yea, he loved cursing, so let it come to him; he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant. So judgment springs up like hemlock in the furrows of the field.
And to Adam He said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it! The ground is cursed for your sake. In pain shall you eat of it all the days of your life.
"Their throat is an open grave, 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 way, and the way of peace they did not know." "There is no fear of God before their eyes."
The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom; but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.
to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, subject to their own husbands, that the Word of God may not be blasphemed. Likewise exhort the young men to be discreet; In all things having shown yourself a pattern of good works: in the doctrine, purity, sensibleness, without corruption,read more.
in sound speech that cannot be condemned, that he who is opposed may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
Do not be deceived; evil companionships corrupt good habits.
Let your speech be always with grace, having been seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. Behold how little a fire kindles how large a forest! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. So the tongue is set among our members, spotting all the body and inflaming the course of nature, and being inflamed by hell.
In all things having shown yourself a pattern of good works: in the doctrine, purity, sensibleness, without corruption, in sound speech that cannot be condemned, that he who is opposed may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.
From Thematic Bible
Cursing » General references to
For the sin of their mouth is the word of their lips, even let them be taken in their pride; and for cursing and the lying which they speak.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue are mischief and vanity.
Yea, he loved cursing, so let it come to him; he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.
For also your own heart knows that you yourself have also cursed others many times.
Cursing » Of parents
And any man who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be on him.
For Moses said, "Honor your father and your mother." And, "Whoever curses father or mother, let him die the death."
Cursing » Forbidden
Do not curse a king, no, not in your thought; and do not curse the rich in your bedroom; for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which has wings shall tell the matter.
Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
Cursing » Examples of
And King David came to Bahurim. And, behold, a man of the house of Saul came out from there, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out, and he came cursing.
Then he began to curse and to swear, I do not know the man. And immediately the cock crowed.
And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog that you come to me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
Cursing » The precepts of jesus concerning
But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you,
Cursing » Shimei curses david
And King David came to Bahurim. And, behold, a man of the house of Saul came out from there, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out, and he came cursing. And he threw 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 Shimei said this in his cursing, Go out, O man of blood, O man of Belial. read more.
Jehovah has returned on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned. And Jehovah has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son. And behold, you are taken in your mischief, because you are a man of blood!
Cursing » Apostolic
For even as we have many members in one body, and all members do not have the same function,
Punishment » Death penalty » Mosaic law » Death penalty » Cursing » Parents
And he that strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
And any man who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be on him.
Topics on Cursing
Cursing Israel
Joshua 24:9Then 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 49:7Let their anger be cursed, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
God Cursing
Genesis 3:14And Jehovah God said to the serpent, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle, and more than every animal of the field. You shall go upon your belly, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
Ungodly Cursing
Psalm 62:4Surely they have plotted to cast him down from his great height; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse in their heart. Selah.
