'Cursed' in the Bible
Then the Lord God said to the serpent:Because you have done this,you are cursed more than any livestockand more than any wild animal.You will move on your bellyand eat dust all the days of your life.
And He said to Adam, “Because you listened to your wife’s voice and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it’:The ground is cursed because of you.You will eat from it by means of painful laborall the days of your life.
So now you are cursed, alienated, from the ground that opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood you have shed.
And he named him Noah, saying, “This one will bring us relief from the agonizing labor of our hands, caused by the ground the Lord has cursed.”
he said:Canaan will be cursed.He will be the lowest of slaves to his brothers.
May peoples serve youand nations bow down to you.Be master over your brothers;may your mother’s sons bow down to you.Those who curse you will be cursed,and those who bless you will be blessed.
Their anger is cursed, for it is strong,and their fury, for it is cruel!I will disperse them throughout Jacoband scatter them throughout Israel.
“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.
Her son cursed and blasphemed the Name, and they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith, a daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan.)
“Bring the one who has cursed to the outside of the camp and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole community stone him.
After Moses spoke to the Israelites, they brought the one who had cursed to the outside of the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Please come and put a curse on these people for me because they are more powerful than I am. I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land, for I know that those you bless are blessed and those you curse are cursed.”
How can I curse someone God has not cursed?How can I denounce someone the Lord has not denounced?
He crouches, he lies down like a lionor a lioness—who dares to rouse him?Those who bless you will be blessed,and those who curse you will be cursed.
‘The person who makes a carved idol or cast image, which is detestable to the Lord, the work of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret is cursed.’And all the people will reply, ‘Amen!’
‘The one who dishonors his father or mother is cursed.’And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
‘The one who moves his neighbor’s boundary marker is cursed.’And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
‘The one who leads a blind person astray on the road is cursed.’And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
‘The one who denies justice to a foreigner, a fatherless child, or a widow is cursed.’And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
‘The one who sleeps with his father’s wife is cursed, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
‘The one who has sexual intercourse with any animal is cursed.’And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
‘The one who sleeps with his sister, whether his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter is cursed.’And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
‘The one who sleeps with his mother-in-law is cursed.’And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
‘The one who secretly kills his neighbor is cursed.’And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
‘The one who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person is cursed.’And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
‘Anyone who does not put the words of this law into practice is cursed.’And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
You will be cursed in the cityand cursed in the country.
Your descendants will be cursed,and your land’s produce,the young of your herds,and the newborn of your flocks.
You will be cursed when you come inand cursed when you go out.
At that time Joshua imposed this curse:The man who undertakesthe rebuilding of this city, Jericho,is cursed before the Lord.He will lay its foundationat the cost of his firstborn;he will set up its gatesat the cost of his youngest.
Therefore you are cursed and will always be slaves—woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
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.
But we can’t give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Anyone who gives a wife to a Benjaminite is cursed.”
and the men of Israel were worn out that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath: “The man who eats food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies is cursed.” So none of the troops tasted any food.
Then, one of the troops said, “Your father made the troops solemnly swear, ‘The man who eats food today is cursed,’ and the troops are exhausted.”
He said to David, “Am I a dog that you come against me with sticks?” Then he cursed David by his gods.
Now, may my lord the king please hear the words of his servant: If it is the Lord who has incited you against me, then may He accept an offering. But if it is people, may they be cursed in the presence of the Lord, for today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the Lord saying, ‘Go and worship other gods.’
Shimei said as he cursed: “Get out, get out, you worthless murderer!
So David and his men proceeded along the road as Shimei was going along the ridge of the hill opposite him. As Shimei went, he cursed David, and threw stones and dirt at him.
Then seat two wicked men opposite him and have them testify against him, saying, “You have cursed God and the king!” Then take him out and stone him to death.
The two wicked men came in and sat opposite him. Then the wicked men testified against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.
He turned around, looked at them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two female bears came out of the woods and mauled 42 of the children.
Then he went in, ate and drank, and said, “Take care of this cursed woman and bury her, since she’s a king’s daughter.”
I rebuked them, cursed them, beat some of their men, and pulled out their hair. I forced them to take an oath before God and said: “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or yourselves!
Whenever a round of banqueting was over, Job would send for his children and purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought: Perhaps my children have sinned, having cursed God in their hearts. This was Job’s regular practice.
After this, Job began to speak and cursed the day he was born.
They float on the surface of the water.Their section of the land is cursed,so that they never go to their vineyards.
Those who are blessed by Him will inherit the land,but those cursed by Him will be destroyed.
The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit;a man cursed by the Lord will fall into it.
for you know that many times you yourself have cursed others.
In her, a nursing infant will no longer liveonly a few days,or an old man not live out his days.Indeed, the youth will die at a hundred years,and the one who misses a hundred years will be cursed.
This is what the Lord says:The man who trusts in mankind,who makes human flesh his strengthand turns his heart from the Lord is cursed.
May the day I was bornbe cursed.May the day my mother bore menever be blessed.
May the man be cursedwho brought the news to my father, saying,“A male child is born to you,”bringing him great joy.
The one who doesthe Lord’s business deceitfully is cursed,and the one who withholdshis sword from bloodshed is cursed.
Though Edom says: “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” the Lord of Hosts says this: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called a wicked country and the people the Lord has cursed forever.
“The deceiver is cursed who has an acceptable male in his flock and makes a vow but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says Yahweh of Hosts, “and My name will be feared among the nations.
Then He will also say to those on the left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his angels!
Then Peter remembered and said to Him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that You cursed is withered.”
For I could almost wish to be cursed and cut off from the Messiah for the benefit of my brothers, my own flesh and blood.
Therefore I am informing you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written: Everyone who does not continue doing everything written in the book of the law is cursed.
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, because it is written: Everyone who is hung on a tree is cursed.
But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and about to be cursed, and will be burned at the end.