They only plan to bring him down
from his high position.
They take pleasure in lying;
they bless with their mouths,
but they curse inwardly.Selah

Cursing, deceit, and violence fill his mouth;
trouble and malice are under his tongue.

We praise our Lord and Father with it, and we curse men who are made in God’s likeness with it.

Praising and cursing come out of the same mouth. My brothers, these things should not be this way.

Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

“Whoever curses his father or his mother must be put to death.

“If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood is on his own hands.

Whoever curses his father or mother—
his lamp will go out in deep darkness.

You must not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but you are to fear your God; I am Yahweh.

Do not curse the king even in your thoughts,
and do not curse a rich person even in your bedroom,
for a bird of the sky may carry the message,
and a winged creature may report the matter.

My enemies taunt me all day long;
they ridicule and curse me.

Woe is me, my mother,
that you gave birth to me,
a man who incites dispute and conflict
in all the land.
I did not lend or borrow,
yet everyone curses me.

He loved cursing—let it fall on him;
he took no delight in blessing—let it be far from him.

For the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips,
let them be caught in their pride.
They utter curses and lies.

for you know that many times you yourself have cursed others.

So they went out to the countryside and harvested grapes from their vineyards. They trampled the grapes and held a celebration. Then they went to the house of their god, and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.

He said to David, “Am I a dog that you come against me with sticks?” Then he cursed David by his gods.