Biblical Concept: Curse

 

Findings:

 

Christ: Cursed for us to end curses.

Redemption curse relationship.

Christ, law, curse, relationship.

Law curse.

Serpent cursed.

Satan, curse, issue.

Cursed ground. (Compare Romans 8:18-23.)

Curse, commandment, relationship.

Commandments, statutes, curses, relationship.

Curse, covenant, relationship.

Curse polytheism relationship.
Adultery curse relationship.

Abraham: Bless and curse.

Compare curses on the Jews in Jeremiah.

“God turned the curse into a blessing.”

Curse death relationship.

Curse sin relationship.

Cursed: Bad fig Jews after the line of ‘Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and the ones who dwell in the land of Egypt.

When bad fig Jews come to power, it is a curse for the kingdom. (Compare Secular Socialist Lunatic Jews.)

Secular Socialist Lunatic Jews are a curse to the nations under their sway.

Arrogant, cursed, wander, commandments, relationship.

Great Tribulation Curse.

Millennial blessings: No more curse.

Eternal end of curses.

Curses, forsaking God, relationship.

Mental attitude sin: Curse.

Sin of the tongue: Curse.

Sanctified cursing.

Curse idealism.

Peter’s curse.

Jeremiah curse.

Hardness of heart, curse, relationship.

“Those who deride me have used my name as a curse.”

Listen, heart, honor, curse relationship.

Christian Way Of Life malfunction = close to being cursed.

Deuteronomy 11:26 "See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:

Deuteronomy 30:19   19 "I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants,

Daniel 9:11 "Indeed all Israel has transgressed Thy law and turned aside, not obeying Thy voice; so the curse has been poured out on us, along with the oath which is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against Him.

Jeremiah 17:5 Thus says the LORD, "Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind And makes flesh his strength, And whose heart turns away from the LORD.

Malachi 2:2 "If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name," says the LORD of hosts, "then I will send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart.

Malachi 3:9 "You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the whole nation of you!

“cursed be the one who restrains his sword from blood”

“And the one who curses you I will curse.”

“curses of the covenant which are written in this book of the law”

Exodus 22:28 "You shall not curse God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

Leviticus 19:14 'You shall not curse a deaf man, nor place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall revere your God; I am the LORD.

 

Curse

NAS Genesis 8:21 And the LORD smelled the soothing aroma; and the LORD said to Himself, "I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done. (Cursed ground.) (Compare Romans 8:18-23.)

 

NAS Genesis 12:3  And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."  (Abraham: Bless and curse.) (Galatians 3:6-9   6 Even so Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.  7 Therefore, be sure that it is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham.  8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "All the nations shall be blessed in you."  9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with Abraham, the believer.)

 

NAS Genesis 27:12 "Perhaps my father will feel me, then I shall be as a deceiver in his sight; and I shall bring upon myself a curse and not a blessing."

 

 13 But his mother said to him, "Your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me."

 

 29 May peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you; Be master of your brothers, And may your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be those who curse you, And blessed be those who bless you."

 

NAS Exodus 22:28 "You shall not curse God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

 

NAS Leviticus 19:14 'You shall not curse a deaf man, nor place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall revere your God; I am the LORD.

 

NAS Numbers 5:18 'The priest shall then have the woman stand before the LORD and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and place the grain offering of memorial in her hands, which is the grain offering of jealousy, and in the hand of the priest is to be the water of bitterness that brings a curse.

 

 19 'And the priest shall have her take an oath and shall say to the woman, "If no man has lain with you and if you have not gone astray into uncleanness, being under the authority of your husband, be immune to this water of bitterness that brings a curse;

 

 21 (then the priest shall have the woman swear with the oath of the curse, and the priest shall say to the woman), "the LORD make you a curse and an oath among your people by the LORD's making your thigh waste away and your abdomen swell;

 

 22 and this water that brings a curse shall go into your stomach, and make your abdomen swell and your thigh waste away." And the woman shall say, "Amen. Amen."

 

 24 'Then he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings a curse, so that the water which brings a curse will go into her and cause bitterness.

 

 27 'When he has made her drink the water, then it shall come about, if she has defiled herself and has been unfaithful to her husband, that the water which brings a curse shall go into her and cause bitterness, and her abdomen will swell and her thigh will waste away, and the woman will become a curse among her people.

 

NAS Numbers 22:6 "Now, therefore, please come, curse this people for me since they are too mighty for me; perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed."

 

 11 'Behold, there is a people who came out of Egypt and they cover the surface of the land; now come, curse them for me; perhaps I may be able to fight against them, and drive them out.'"

 

 12 And God said to Balaam, "Do not go with them; you shall not curse the people; for they are blessed."

 

 17 for I will indeed honor you richly, and I will do whatever you say to me. Please come then, curse this people for me.'"

 

NAS Numbers 23:7 And he took up his discourse and said, "From Aram Balak has brought me, Moab's king from the mountains of the East, 'Come curse Jacob for me, And come, denounce Israel!'

 

 8 "How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? And how can I denounce, whom the LORD has not denounced?

 

 11 Then Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have actually blessed them!"

 

 13 Then Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place from where you may see them, although you will only see the extreme end of them, and will not see all of them; and curse them for me from there."

 

 25 Then Balak said to Balaam, "Do not curse them at all nor bless them at all!"

 

 27 Then Balak said to Balaam, "Please come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will be agreeable with God that you curse them for me from there."

 

NAS Numbers 24:10 Then Balak's anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, "I called you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times!

 

NAS Deuteronomy 11:26 "See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:

 

 28 and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way which I am commanding you today, by following other gods which you have not known. (Curse, commandment, relationship.) (Curse polytheism relationship.)

 

 29 "And it shall come about, when the LORD your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, that you shall place the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

 

NAS Deuteronomy 23:4 because they did not meet you with food and water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.

 

 5 "Nevertheless, the LORD your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you because the LORD your God loves you.

 

NAS Deuteronomy 27:13 "And for the curse, these shall stand on Mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

 

NAS Deuteronomy 29:19 "And it shall be when he hears the words of this curse, that he will boast, saying, 'I have peace though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart in order to destroy the watered land with the dry.'

 

 20 "The LORD shall never be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the LORD and His jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse which is written in this book will rest on him, and the LORD will blot out his name from under heaven.

 

 27 'Therefore, the anger of the LORD burned against that land, to bring upon it every curse which is written in this book;

 

NAS Deuteronomy 30:1 "So it shall be when all of these things have come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind in all nations where the LORD your God has banished you,

 

 19 "I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants,

 

NAS Joshua 8:34 Then afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law.

 

NAS Joshua 24:9 'Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel, and he sent and summoned Balaam the son of Beor to curse you.

 

NAS Judges 5:23 'Curse Meroz,' said the angel of the LORD, 'Utterly curse its inhabitants; Because they did not come to the help of the LORD, To the help of the LORD against the warriors.'

 

NAS Judges 9:57 Also God returned all the wickedness of the men of Shechem on their heads, and the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal came upon them.

 

NAS Judges 17:2 And he said to his mother, "The eleven hundred pieces of silver which were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse in my hearing, behold, the silver is with me; I took it." And his mother said, "Blessed be my son by the LORD."

 

NAS 1 Samuel 3:13 "For I have told him that I am about to judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves and he did not rebuke them.

 

NAS 2 Samuel 16:9 Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over now, and cut off his head."

 

 10 But the king said, "What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses, and if the LORD has told him, 'Curse David,' then who shall say, 'Why have you done so?'"

 

 11 Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, "Behold, my son who came out from me seeks my life; how much more now this Benjamite? Let him alone and let him curse, for the LORD has told him.

 

NAS 1 Kings 2:8 "And behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera the Benjamite, of Bahurim; now it was he who cursed me with a violent curse on the day I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD, saying, 'I will not put you to death with the sword.'

 

NAS 2 Kings 22:19 because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you," declares the LORD.

 

NAS Nehemiah 10:29 are joining with their kinsmen, their nobles, and are taking on themselves a curse and an oath to walk in God's law, which was given through Moses, God's servant, and to keep and to observe all the commandments of God our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes;

 

NAS Nehemiah 13:2 because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing. (“God turned the curse into a blessing.”)

 

NAS Job 1:11 "But put forth Thy hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse Thee to Thy face." (Satan, curse, issue.)

 

NAS Job 2:5 "However, put forth Thy hand, now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse Thee to Thy face." (Satan, curse, issue.)

 

 9 Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!" (Satan, curse, wife, issue.)

 

NAS Job 3:8 "Let those curse it who curse the day, Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.

 

NAS Job 31:30 "No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for his life in a curse.

 

NAS Psalm 62:4 They have counseled only to thrust him down from his high position; They delight in falsehood; They bless with their mouth, But inwardly they curse. Selah. (Mental attitude sin: Curse.)

 

NAS Psalm 102:8 My enemies have reproached me all day long; Those who deride me have used my name as a curse. (Those who deride me have used my name as a curse.)

 

NAS Psalm 109:28 Let them curse, but do Thou bless; When they arise, they shall be ashamed, But Thy servant shall be glad.

 

NAS Proverbs 3:33 The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, But He blesses the dwelling of the righteous. (Curse idealism.)

 

NAS Proverbs 11:26 He who withholds grain, the people will curse him, But blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

 

NAS Proverbs 24:24 He who says to the wicked, "You are righteous," Peoples will curse him, nations will abhor him; (Curse idealism.)

 

NAS Proverbs 26:2 Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, So a curse without cause does not alight. (Curse idealism.)

 

NAS Proverbs 27:14 He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be reckoned a curse to him. (Curse idealism.)

 

NAS Proverbs 30:10 Do not slander a slave to his master, Lest he curse you and you be found guilty. (Curse idealism.)

 

NAS Ecclesiastes 10:20 Furthermore, in your bedchamber do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich man, for a bird of the heavens will carry the sound, and the winged creature will make the matter known. (Curse idealism.)

 

NAS Isaiah 8:21 And they will pass through the land hard-pressed and famished, and it will turn out that when they are hungry, they will be enraged and curse their king and their God as they face upward.

 

NAS Isaiah 24:6 Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and those who live in it are held guilty. Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left. (Great Tribulation Curse.)

 

NAS Isaiah 65:15 "And you will leave your name for a curse to My chosen ones, And the Lord God will slay you. But My servants will be called by another name.

 

NAS Jeremiah 23:10 For the land is full of adulterers; For the land mourns because of the curse. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course also is evil, And their might is not right.

 

NAS Jeremiah 24:9 'And I will make them a terror and an evil for all the kingdoms of the earth, as a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse in all places where I shall scatter them. (Cursed: Bad fig Jews after the line of ‘Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and the ones who dwell in the land of Egypt.) (Compare Secular Socialist Lunatic Jews.) (When bad fig Jews come to power, it is a curse for the kingdom.)  (Jeremiah 24:8-10   8 'But like the bad figs which cannot be eaten due to rottenness-- indeed, thus says the LORD-- so I will abandon Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and the ones who dwell in the land of Egypt.  9 'And I will make them a terror and an evil for all the kingdoms of the earth, as a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse in all places where I shall scatter them.  10 'And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence upon them until they are destroyed from the land which I gave to them and their forefathers.'" (Good figs = “Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the officials of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon.”) (Bad figs = Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and the ones who dwell in the land of Egypt.).

 

NAS Jeremiah 25:18 Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, and its kings and its princes, to make them a ruin, a horror, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;

 

NAS Jeremiah 26:6 then I will make this house like Shiloh, and this city I will make a curse to all the nations of the earth."'"

 

NAS Jeremiah 29:18 'And I will pursue them with the sword, with famine and with pestilence; and I will make them a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and a horror, and a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,

 

 22 'And because of them a curse shall be used by all the exiles from Judah who are in Babylon, saying, "May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire,

 

NAS Jeremiah 42:18 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "As My anger and wrath have been poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so My wrath will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. And you will become a curse, an object of horror, an imprecation, and a reproach; and you will see this place no more."

 

NAS Jeremiah 44:8 provoking Me to anger with the works of your hands, burning sacrifices to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you are entering to reside, so that you might be cut off and become a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? (Curse polytheism relationship.)

 

 12 'And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have set their mind on entering the land of Egypt to reside there, and they will all meet their end in the land of Egypt; they will fall by the sword and meet their end by famine. Both small and great will die by the sword and famine; and they will become a curse, an object of horror, an imprecation and a reproach.

 

 22 "So the LORD was no longer able to endure it, because of the evil of your deeds, because of the abominations which you have committed; thus your land has become a ruin, an object of horror and a curse, without an inhabitant, as it is this day.

 

NAS Jeremiah 49:13 "For I have sworn by Myself," declares the LORD, "that Bozrah will become an object of horror, a reproach, a ruin and a curse; and all its cities will become perpetual ruins."

 

NAS Lamentations 3:65 Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, Thy curse will be on them. (Hardness of heart, curse, relationship.)

 

NAS Daniel 9:11 "Indeed all Israel has transgressed Thy law and turned aside, not obeying Thy voice; so the curse has been poured out on us, along with the oath which is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against Him.

 

NAS Zechariah 5:3 Then he said to me, "This is the curse that is going forth over the face of the whole land; surely everyone who steals will be purged away according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears will be purged away according to the writing on the other side.

 

NAS Zechariah 8:13 'And it will come about that just as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you that you may become a blessing. Do not fear; let your hands be strong.' (Abrahamic Covenant restored?)  (When the cursed come to power, it is a curse for the nation.) (Compare Secular Socialist Lunatic Jews.)

 

NAS Zechariah 14:11 And people will live in it, and there will be no more curse, for Jerusalem will dwell in security. (Millennial blessings: No more curse.)

 

NAS Malachi 2:2 "If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name," says the LORD of hosts, "then I will send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart. (Listen, heart, honor, curse relationship.)

 

NAS Malachi 3:9 "You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the whole nation of you! (Curse, robbing God, relationship.)

 

NAS Malachi 4:6 "And he will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the land with a curse."

 

NAS Matthew 26:74 Then he began to curse and swear, "I do not know the man!" And immediately a cock crowed. (Peter’s curse.)

 

NAS Mark 14:71 But he began to curse and swear, "I do not know this man you are talking about!" (Peter’s curse.)

 

NAS Luke 6:28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

 

NAS Acts 23:21 "So do not listen to them, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they slay him; and now they are ready and waiting for the promise from you."

 

NAS Romans 12:14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and curse not.

 

NAS Galatians 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the Law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, to perform them." (Law curse.)

 

 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us-- for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree "—  (Christ: Cursed for us to end curses.) (Redemption curse relationship.) (Christ, law, curse, relationship.)

 

NAS James 3:9 With it we bless our Lord and Father; and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God;

 

NAS Revelation 22:3 And there shall no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His bond-servants shall serve Him;  (Eternal end of curses.)

 

Cursed

NAS Genesis 3:14 And the LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly shall you go, And dust shall you eat All the days of your life; (Serpent cursed.)

 

 17 Then to Adam He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat from it'; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life. (Cursed ground.) (Compare Romans 8:18-23.)

 

NAS Genesis 4:11 "And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

 

NAS Genesis 5:29 Now he called his name Noah, saying, "This one shall give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the LORD has cursed."

 

NAS Genesis 9:25 So he said, "Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers."

 

NAS Genesis 27:29 May peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you; Be master of your brothers, And may your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be those who curse you, And blessed be those who bless you."

 

NAS Genesis 49:7 "Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; And their wrath, for it is cruel. I will disperse them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.

 

NAS Leviticus 20:9 'If there is anyone who curses his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother, his bloodguiltiness is upon him.

 

NAS Leviticus 24:11 And the son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name and cursed. So they brought him to Moses. (Now his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)

 

 14 "Bring the one who has cursed outside the camp, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then let all the congregation stone him.

 

 23 Then Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and they brought the one who had cursed outside the camp and stoned him with stones. Thus the sons of Israel did, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

 

NAS Numbers 22:6 "Now, therefore, please come, curse this people for me since they are too mighty for me; perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed."

 

NAS Numbers 23:8 "How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? And how can I denounce, whom the LORD has not denounced?

 

NAS Numbers 24:9 "He couches, he lies down as a lion, And as a lion, who dares rouse him? Blessed is everyone who blesses you, And cursed is everyone who curses you."

 

NAS Deuteronomy 27:15 'Cursed is the man who makes an idol or a molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.' And all the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.'

 

 16 'Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

 

 17 'Cursed is he who moves his neighbor's boundary mark.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

 

 18 'Cursed is he who misleads a blind person on the road.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

 

 19 'Cursed is he who distorts the justice due an alien, orphan, and widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

 

 20 'Cursed is he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

 

 21 'Cursed is he who lies with any animal.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

 

 22 'Cursed is he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

 

 23 'Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

 

 24 'Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor in secret.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

 

 25 'Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to strike down an innocent person.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

 

 26 'Cursed is he who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

 

NAS Deuteronomy 28:16 "Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the country.

 

 17 "Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.

 

 18 "Cursed shall be the offspring of your body and the produce of your ground, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock.

 

 19 "Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.

 

NAS Joshua 6:26 Then Joshua made them take an oath at that time, saying, "Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and builds this city Jericho; with the loss of his first-born he shall lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he shall set up its gates."

 

NAS Joshua 9:23 "Now therefore, you are cursed, and you shall never cease being slaves, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God."

 

NAS Judges 9:27 And they went out into the field and gathered the grapes of their vineyards and trod them, and held a festival; and they went into the house of their god, and ate and drank and cursed Abimelech.

 

NAS Judges 21:18 "But we cannot give them wives of our daughters." For the sons of Israel had sworn, saying, "Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin."

 

NAS 1 Samuel 14:24 Now the men of Israel were hard-pressed on that day, for Saul had put the people under oath, saying, "Cursed be the man who eats food before evening, and until I have avenged myself on my enemies." So none of the people tasted food.

 

 28 Then one of the people answered and said, "Your father strictly put the people under oath, saying, 'Cursed be the man who eats food today.'" And the people were weary.

 

NAS 1 Samuel 17:43 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.

 

NAS 1 Samuel 26:19 "Now therefore, please let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant. If the LORD has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering; but if it is men, cursed are they before the LORD, for they have driven me out today that I should have no attachment with the inheritance of the LORD, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.'

 

NAS 2 Samuel 16:7 And thus Shimei said when he cursed, "Get out, get out, you man of bloodshed, and worthless fellow!

 

 13 So David and his men went on the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside parallel with him and as he went he cursed, and cast stones and threw dust at him.

 

NAS 2 Samuel 19:21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, "Should not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed?"

 

NAS 1 Kings 2:8 "And behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera the Benjamite, of Bahurim; now it was he who cursed me with a violent curse on the day I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD, saying, 'I will not put you to death with the sword.'

 

NAS 1 Kings 21:10 and seat two worthless men before him, and let them testify against him, saying, 'You cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death."

 

 13 Then the two worthless men came in and sat before him; and the worthless men testified against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king." So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.

 

NAS 2 Kings 2:24 When he looked behind him and saw them, he cursed them in the name of the LORD. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore up forty-two lads of their number.

 

NAS 2 Kings 9:34 When he came in, he ate and drank; and he said, "See now to this cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king's daughter."

 

NAS Nehemiah 13:25 So I contended with them and cursed them and struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, "You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take of their daughters for your sons or for yourselves. (Sanctified cursing.)

 

NAS Job 1:5 And it came about, when the days of feasting had completed their cycle, that Job would send and consecrate them, rising up early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, "Perhaps my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." Thus Job did continually.

 

NAS Job 3:1 Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

 

NAS Job 5:3 "I have seen the foolish taking root, And I cursed his abode immediately.

 

NAS Job 24:18 "They are insignificant on the surface of the water; Their portion is cursed on the earth. They do not turn toward the vineyards.

 

NAS Psalm 37:22 For those blessed by Him will inherit the land; But those cursed by Him will be cut off.

 

NAS Psalm 119:21 Thou dost rebuke the arrogant, the cursed, Who wander from Thy commandments. (Arrogant, cursed, wander, commandments, relationship.)

 

NAS Proverbs 22:14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; He who is cursed of the LORD will fall into it. (Adultery curse relationship.)

 

NAS Ecclesiastes 7:22 For you also have realized that you likewise have many times cursed others. (Mental attitude sin: Curse.)

 

NAS Jeremiah 11:3 and say to them, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, "Cursed is the man who does not heed the words of this covenant (Curse, covenant, relationship.)

 

NAS Jeremiah 17:5 Thus says the LORD, "Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind And makes flesh his strength, And whose heart turns away from the LORD.

 

NAS Jeremiah 20:14 Cursed be the day when I was born; Let the day not be blessed when my mother bore me!

 

 15 Cursed be the man who brought the news To my father, saying, "A baby boy has been born to you!" And made him very happy.

 

NAS Jeremiah 48:10 "Cursed be the one who does the LORD's work negligently, And cursed be the one who restrains his sword from blood. (Judgment on Moab.)

 

NAS Micah 6:10 "Is there yet a man in the wicked house, Along with treasures of wickedness, And a short measure that is cursed?

 

NAS Malachi 1:14 "But cursed be the swindler who has a male in his flock, and vows it, but sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord, for I am a great King," says the LORD of hosts, "and My name is feared among the nations."

 

NAS Malachi 2:2 "If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name," says the LORD of hosts, "then I will send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart.

 

NAS Malachi 3:9 "You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the whole nation of you!

 

NAS Mark 11:21 And being reminded, Peter said to Him, "Rabbi, behold, the fig tree which You cursed has withered."

 

NAS Galatians 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the Law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, to perform them." (Law curse.)

 

 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us-- for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree "-- (Christ: Cursed for us to end curses.) (Redemption curse relationship.) (Christ, law, curse, relationship.)

 

NAS Hebrews 6:8 but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned. (Hebrews 6:4-12   4 For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,  5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,  6 and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God, and put Him to open shame.  7 For ground that drinks the rain which often falls upon it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God;  8 but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned.  9 But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way.  10 For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints.  11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end,  12 that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.) (Christian Way Of Life malfunction = close to being cursed.) (Title: Hebrews 6:7-8, Christian Way Of Life: Useful or useless.  Useful = blessing, useless = loss.  Compare with 1 Corinthians 3:10-15.)

 

Curses

NAS Genesis 12:3 And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." (Abraham: Bless and curse.) (The faith example of Abraham is truly a spiritual blessing to humanity.) (See Galatians 3:6-9.) (“And the one who curses you I will curse.”)

 

NAS Exodus 21:17 "And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. (Curse death relationship.)

 

NAS Leviticus 20:9 'If there is anyone who curses his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother, his bloodguiltiness is upon him. (Curse death relationship.)

 

NAS Leviticus 24:15 "And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If anyone curses his God, then he shall bear his sin. (Curse sin relationship.)

 

NAS Numbers 5:23 'The priest shall then write these curses on a scroll, and he shall wash them off into the water of bitterness.

 

NAS Numbers 24:9 "He couches, he lies down as a lion, And as a lion, who dares rouse him? Blessed is everyone who blesses you, And cursed is everyone who curses you." (Balaam’s blessing of Israel.) (Abraham: Bless and curse.)

 

NAS Deuteronomy 28:15 "But it shall come about, if you will not obey the LORD your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes with which I charge you today, that all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you. (Commandments, statutes, curses, relationship.)

 

 20 "The LORD will send upon you curses, confusion, and rebuke, in all you undertake to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, on account of the evil of your deeds, because you have forsaken Me. (Curses, forsaking God, relationship.)

 

 45 "So all these curses shall come on you and pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you would not obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you. (Commandments, statutes, curses, relationship.)

 

NAS Deuteronomy 29:21 "Then the LORD will single him out for adversity from all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant which are written in this book of the law. (Deuteronomy 29:19-21  19 "And it shall be when he hears the words of this curse, that he will boast, saying, 'I have peace though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart in order to destroy the watered land with the dry.'  20 "The LORD shall never be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the LORD and His jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse which is written in this book will rest on him, and the LORD will blot out his name from under heaven.  21 "Then the LORD will single him out for adversity from all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant which are written in this book of the law.)

 

NAS Deuteronomy 30:7 "And the LORD your God will inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. (Abraham: Bless and curse.)

 

NAS 2 Samuel 16:10 But the king said, "What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses, and if the LORD has told him, 'Curse David,' then who shall say, 'Why have you done so?'"

 

NAS 2 Chronicles 34:24 thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am bringing evil on this place and on its inhabitants, even all the curses written in the book which they have read in the presence of the king of Judah.

 

NAS Psalm 10:3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, And the greedy man curses and spurns the LORD.

 

 7 His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness.

 

NAS Psalm 59:12 On account of the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, Let them even be caught in their pride, And on account of curses and lies which they utter.

 

NAS Proverbs 20:20 He who curses his father or his mother, His lamp will go out in time of darkness.

 

NAS Proverbs 28:27 He who gives to the poor will never want, But he who shuts his eyes will have many curses.

 

NAS Proverbs 30:11 There is a kind of man who curses his father, And does not bless his mother.

 

NAS Jeremiah 15:10 Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me As a man of strife and a man of contention to all the land! I have neither lent, nor have men lent money to me, Yet everyone curses me. (Jeremiah curse.)

 

Cursing

NAS 2 Samuel 16:5 When King David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out from there a man of the family of the house of Saul whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out cursing continually as he came.

 

 12 "Perhaps the LORD will look on my affliction and return good to me instead of his cursing this day."

 

NAS Psalm 109:17 He also loved cursing, so it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.

 

 18 But he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, And it entered into his body like water, And like oil into his bones.

 

NAS Ecclesiastes 7:21 Also, do not take seriously all words which are spoken, lest you hear your servant cursing you.

 

NAS Romans 3:14 "Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness";

 

NAS James 3:10 from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.

 

 

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