Proverbs 3:33 “The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses th…”

Proverbs 3:33

The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

World English Bible

The LORD’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.

American Standard Version

The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

Geneva Bible 1599

The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

Darby Translation

The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

Young's Literal Translation

The curse of Jehovah [is] in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth.

Bible in Basic English

The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.

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Cross references

“curse”

Psalm 37:22 Leviticus 26:14–46 Malachi 2:2 Proverbs 21:12 Deuteronomy 7:26 Deuteronomy 29:19–29

Psalm 37:22 · BSB

Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.

Leviticus 26:14–46 · BSB

If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,

Malachi 2:2 · BSB

If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you ar…

Proverbs 21:12 · BSB

The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.

Deuteronomy 7:26 · BSB

And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.

Deuteronomy 29:19–29 · BSB

because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land…

“he blesseth”

Psalm 91:10 2 Samuel 6:11 Psalm 1:3 Deuteronomy 28:2–14 Job 8:6 Job 8:7

Psalm 91:10 · BSB

no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.

2 Samuel 6:11 · BSB

Thus the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the LORD blessed him and all his household.

Psalm 1:3 · BSB

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.

Deuteronomy 28:2–14 · BSB

And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God:

Job 8:6 · BSB

if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.

Job 8:7 · BSB

Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.

Also

Deuteronomy 11:28

Deuteronomy 11:28 · BSB

but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

32for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.

34He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.

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