How ¹  can I curse ²  one whom God has not cursed, or how can I denounce one whom the Lord has not denounced?

Let those who curse the day ¹  curse it ²  – those who are prepared to rouse ³  Leviathan. ⁴ 

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming ¹  a curse for us (because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”) ² 

You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the field.

“Their mouths are ¹  full of cursing and bitterness.” ² 

“You must not blaspheme ¹  God ²  or curse the ruler of your people.

You are bound for judgment ¹  because you are robbing me – this whole nation is guilty. ² 

Take note – I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: ¹ 

Your basket and your mixing bowl will be cursed.

Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse.

There is a generation ¹  who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers. ² 

Give them a distraught heart; ¹  may your curse be on them!

‘Call judgment down on ¹  Meroz,’ says the Lord’s angelic ²  messenger; ‘Be sure ³  to call judgment down on ⁴  those who live there, because they did not come to help in the Lord’s battle, ⁵  to help in the Lord’s battle against the warriors.’ ⁶ 

for they had not met the Israelites with food ¹  and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.)

You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out. ¹ 

And these other tribes must stand for the curse on Mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

“Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully ¹  must surely be put to death.

“‘If anyone ²  curses his father and mother ³  he must be put to death. He has cursed his father and mother; his blood guilt is on himself. ⁴ 

A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work! A curse on anyone who keeps from carrying out his destruction! ¹ 

So he said, “Cursed ¹  be Canaan! ²  The lowest of slaves ³  he will be to his brothers.”