If you’ve ever been in a relationship, you’ve probably experienced the frustration of trying to convince your partner that something is their fault. Maybe it’s an argument about why they didn’t pick up the dry cleaning on time, or maybe it’s a fight over who left the dirty dishes in the sink last night. In any case, if you’re not careful, these arguments can quickly spiral out of control.
The Bible has many examples of people who have cursed, and it also has many examples of people who have been cursed. This is because the Bible is a book that teaches us about God, and therefore it’s a book that teaches us about ourselves.
The Bible has some pretty strong views on this topic too! The Bible tells us that God will curse anyone who causes a quarrel between two people (Proverbs 6:16-19). But it gets even worse than that—the Bible says that God will also curse anyone who fails to stop such quarrels (Proverbs 16:28).The biblical curse is a part of the Bible that can be used to describe someone who has been cursed by God. The word “curse” comes from the Hebrew word karath, which means “to separate and exclude.”
In this blog post, we’ll look at some examples of curses from the Bible and discuss what they might tell us about our own lives.
Curse In The Bible Verse
Psalm 109:17
Verse Concepts
He also loved cursing, so it came to him;
And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
Psalm 109:28
Verse Concepts
Let them curse, but You bless;
When they arise, they shall be ashamed,
But Your servant shall be glad.
Genesis 12:3
Verse Concepts
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 will be blessed.”
Deuteronomy 11:26
Verse Concepts
“See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:
Deuteronomy 28:46
Verse Concepts
They shall become a sign and a wonder on you and your descendants forever.
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Deuteronomy 11:29
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“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.
Proverbs 3:33
Verse Concepts
The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked,
But He blesses the dwelling of the righteous.
Luke 6:28
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bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
Numbers 23:8
Verse Concepts
“How shall I curse whom God has not cursed?
And how can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?
Deuteronomy 30:7
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The Lord your God will inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.
Jeremiah 48:10
Verse Concepts
“Cursed be the one who does the Lord’s work negligently,
And cursed be the one who restrains his sword from blood.
Deuteronomy 23:5
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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.
Deuteronomy 11:28
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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.
Blessings And Curses Bible Verses
Proverbs 26:2
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Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
So a curse without cause does not alight.
Ecclesiastes 7:21
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Also, do not take seriously all words which are spoken, so that you will not hear your servant cursing you.
Galatians 3:13
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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”—
James 3:9
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With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God;
Deuteronomy 28:20
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“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.
Numbers 23:11
Verse Concepts
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!”
Deuteronomy 28:15
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“But it shall come about, if you do 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 will come upon you and overtake you:
James 3:10
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from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.
Matthew 26:74
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Then he began to curse and swear, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.
Malachi 2:2
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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.
Romans 12:14
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Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
Isaiah 65:15
Verse Concepts
“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.
Proverbs 27:14
Verse Concepts
He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,
It will be reckoned a curse to him.
Galatians 3:10
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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.”
Job 3:1
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Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
Deuteronomy 30:19
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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,
Jeremiah 20:14
Verse Concepts
Cursed be the day when I was born;
Let the day not be blessed when my mother bore me!
Psalm 109:18
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But he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment,
And it entered into his body like water
And like oil into his bones.
Deuteronomy 27:15
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‘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.’
Leviticus 24:15
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You shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If anyone curses his God, then he will bear his sin.
Psalm 59:12
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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.
Numbers 5:23
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‘The priest shall then write these curses on a scroll, and he shall wash them off into the water of bitterness.
Judges 5:23
Verse Concepts
‘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.’
Deuteronomy 7:26
Verse Concepts
You shall not bring an abomination into your house, and like it come under the ban; you shall utterly detest it and you shall utterly abhor it, for it is something banned.
1 Corinthians 4:12
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and we toil, working with our own hands; when we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;
Generational Curses Bible Verses
Genesis 3:17
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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 will eat of it
All the days of your life.
Deuteronomy 30:1
Verse Concepts
“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,
From Thematic Bible
Curses » Who not to curse
Curses » Those that curse their parents
Curses » Those that are cursed
Curses » The curse of the lord
Curses » The curse causeless
Curses » Who not to curse
Romans 12:14
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Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
Leviticus 19:14
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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.
Exodus 22:28
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“You shall not curse God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
Ecclesiastes 10:20
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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.
Curses » Those that curse their parents
Leviticus 20:9
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‘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.
Exodus 21:17
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“He who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
Mark 7:10
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For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, is to be put to death’;
Proverbs 20:20
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He who curses his father or his mother,
His lamp will go out in time of darkness.
Curses » Those that are cursed
Matthew 25:41
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“Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;
Psalm 37:20-22
But the wicked will perish; And the enemies of the LORD will be like the glory of the pastures, They vanish–like smoke they vanish away. The wicked borrows and does not pay back, But the righteous is gracious and gives. For those blessed by Him will inherit the land, But those cursed by Him will be cut off.
Jeremiah 17:5-6
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. “For he will be like a bush in the desert And will not see when prosperity comes, But will live in stony wastes in the wilderness, A land of salt without inhabitant.
Curses » The curse of the lord
Proverbs 3:33
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The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked,
But He blesses the dwelling of the righteous.
Curses » The curse causeless
Proverbs 26:2
Verse Concepts
Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
So a curse without cause does not alight.
Topics on Curses
Curses, Christian Response To
Luke 6:29-30
Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt from him either.
Curses, Divine
Genesis 5:29
Verse Concepts
Now he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the Lord has cursed.”
Curses, Human
2 Kings 2:23-24
Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”
To the Christian on pilgrimage throughout the world, the Bible is the perfect map and chart.
You may safely and confidently navigate all the mazes of this world with God’s Word in your hands and mind. The true and narrow path is so boldly outlined that even a runner can read it. A traveler, even a fool, can safely navigate it (Isaiah 35:8) because it is clearly marked with God’s laws, even though the rest of the world can’t see them. The Spirit of Truth, who is unseen, guides us and reassures us when we are unsure of what to do, saying “This is the way, walk ye in it” (Isaiah 30:21). As a result, you can continue on your journey to the city of God with peace of mind as you rely on the Bible as “a lamp to your feet, and a light unto your path” (Psalm 119:105), a route that no one knows save He who leads you. The path brightens as you travel over mountains and through valleys, eventually leading to the ideal day. That’s what the wise say (Proverbs 4:18). If we pay attention and steer our rickety schooner by God’s Word, we will reach the promised land of eternal peace and rest without hitting any snags along the way. But if we are not careful and arrogant and rely on our own conceits, we will sink our faith. A young lieutenant in the English navy recently reported a previously unknown and potentially hazardous rock in the Mediterranean to the admiralty. The directive to include it on all charts was sent via telegraph to every station. The first vessel to pass over the spot was captained by an elderly man who, upon seeing the fresh warning on his map, was curious as to who had first reported the rock. When told this, he said, “There is no such rock there.” Twenty years of sailing this sea has left me without evidence of such a rock. Then, full of self-importance, he ordered his sailing-master to take the ship straight over the target. The brave ship sailed straight through the perilous area. The ship crashed with terrible force, taking the lives of everyone aboard. Many a Christian has gone down in flames due to arrogance or ignoring his infallible compass. We pray that the Holy Spirit would prompt us to carefully examine the course laid out for us by God.
