'Curses' in the Bible

Then with curses and oaths he declared, "I do not know the man." Immediately a cock crowed,

For Moses said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother' and again, 'He who curses father or mother, let him die the death.'

But he broke out into curses and oaths, declaring, "I know nothing of the man you are talking about."

Invoke blessings on your persecutors--blessings, not curses.