Curses

Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.

If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.

And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.

And the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.

If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.

All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.

These curses will be a sign and a wonder upon you and your descendants forever.

…and single him out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.

“When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,

Then the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies who hate you and persecute you.

Afterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—according to all that is written in the Book of the Law.

As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.

And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!

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?’”

So David and his men proceeded along the road as Shimei went along the ridge of the hill opposite him. As Shimei went, he yelled curses, threw stones, and flung dust at David.

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.’

…that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah,

I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them 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 for yourselves!

By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.

Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.

Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.”

Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.

For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’