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Curse
Denounced by God against the serpent (Gen. 3:14), and against Cain (4:11). These divine maledictions carried their effect with them. Prophetical curses were sometimes pronounced by holy men (Gen. 9:25; 49:7; Deut. 27:15; Josh. 6:26). Such curses are not the consequence of passion or revenge, they are predictions.
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No one on pain of death shall curse father or mother (Ex. 21:17), nor the prince of his people (22:28), nor the deaf (Lev. 19:14). Cursing God or blaspheming was punishable by death (Lev. 24:10-16). The words “curse God and die” (R.V., “renounce God and die”), used by Job’s wife (Job 2:9), have been variously interpreted. Perhaps they simply mean that as nothing but death was expected, God would by this cursing at once interpose and destroy Job, and so put an end to his sufferings.
In the Bible
110
Verses where Curse is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Corinthians 16:22
If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!
- 1 Kings 2:8
Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
- 2 Kings 2:24
Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
- 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 people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
- 2 Samuel 16:9
Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”
- 2 Samuel 16:10
But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”
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Scripture on Curse
82
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- Deuteronomy 292 Samuel 16Job 2Jeremiah 44Leviticus 19Leviticus 24Numbers 24Deuteronomy 23Deuteronomy 27Joshua 6Proverbs 30Jeremiah 29Acts 23Galatians 1Galatians 3Genesis 3Genesis 8Genesis 9Genesis 12Exodus 21Exodus 22Deuteronomy 21Deuteronomy 30Joshua 9Joshua 24Judges 5Judges 9Judges 171 Kings 22 Kings 22 Kings 22Nehemiah 10Nehemiah 13Job 1Job 3Job 31Psalms 62Psalms 102Psalms 109Proverbs 3Proverbs 11Proverbs 24Proverbs 26Proverbs 27Proverbs 28Ecclesiastes 7Ecclesiastes 10Isaiah 8Isaiah 24Isaiah 34Isaiah 43Isaiah 65Jeremiah 15Jeremiah 23Jeremiah 24Jeremiah 25Jeremiah 26Jeremiah 42Jeremiah 49Lamentations 3Daniel 9Zechariah 5Zechariah 8Malachi 2Malachi 3Malachi 4Matthew 5Matthew 26Mark 14Luke 6John 7Romans 121 Corinthians 16Hebrews 6James 3Revelation 16Revelation 22
Voices on Curse
24
Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.
Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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