Quotes About Curses

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

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: ëI will never put you to the sword.í

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!

They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.

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.

May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.

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.”