43 Bible Verses about curses
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Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.
Let them curse, but bless thou: When they arise, they shall be put to shame, But thy servant shall rejoice.
and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:
and they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt set the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.
The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?
And Jehovah thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, that persecuted thee.
Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently; and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
Nevertheless Jehovah thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but Jehovah thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because Jehovah thy God loved thee.
and the curse, if ye shall not hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.
Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee;
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God:
Jehovah will send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah 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.
out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
Then began he to curse and to swear, I know not the man. And straightway the cock crew.
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen; and the Lord Jehovah will slay thee; and he will call his servants by another name:
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him.
For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one who continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed;
Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water, And like oil into his bones.
Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto Jehovah, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
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.
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness:
Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of Jehovah. Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof, Because they came not to the help of Jehovah, To the help of Jehovah against the mighty.
And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and become a devoted thing like unto it: thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.
and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
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 is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
And it shall come to pass, when all these things are 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 Jehovah thy God hath driven thee,
From Thematic Bible
Curses » Who not to curse
Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind; but thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.
Revile not the king, no, not in thy thought; and revile not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the heavens shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Curses » Those that curse their parents
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
Curses » Those that are cursed
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels:
But the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: They shall consume; In smoke shall they consume away. The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; But the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth. For such as are blessed of him shall inherit the land; And they that are cursed of him shall be cut off.
Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah. 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, a salt land and not inhabited.
Curses » The curse of the lord
The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
Curses » The curse causeless
As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.
Topics on Curses
Curses, Christian Response To
Luke 6:29-30To him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and from him that taketh away thy cloak withhold not thy coat also.
Curses, Divine
Genesis 5:29and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.
Curses, Human
2 Kings 2:23-24And he went up from thence unto Beth-el; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth young lads out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou baldhead; go up, thou baldhead.