Parallel Verses

Amplified


The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked,
But He blesses the home of the just and righteous.

New American Standard Bible

The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked,
But He blesses the dwelling of the righteous.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

The Lord’s curse is on the household of the wicked,
but He blesses the home of the righteous;

International Standard Version

The LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous.

A Conservative Version

The curse of LORD is in the house of a wicked man, 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.

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.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the unjust one: and he will bless the dwelling of the just

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

The curse of Yahweh [is] on the house of the wicked, and the abode of the righteous ones he blesses.

Modern King James verseion

The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; but He blesses the home of the just.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The curse of the LORD is in the house of the ungodly, but he blesseth the dwellings of the righteous.

NET Bible

The Lord's curse is on the household of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

The curse of Yahweh, is in the house of the lawless one, but, the home of the righteous, he blesseth.

Webster

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

World English Bible

Yahweh's curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The curse
מארה 
M@erah 
Usage: 5

of the Lord

Usage: 0

is in the house
בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

of the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

but he blesseth
בּרך 
Barak 
Usage: 330

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Role Of Wisdom In Creation And Society

32
For the devious are repulsive to the Lord;
But His private counsel is with the upright [those with spiritual integrity and moral courage].
33 
The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked,
But He blesses the home of the just and righteous.
34
Though He scoffs at the scoffers and scorns the scorners,
Yet He gives His grace [His undeserved favor] to the humble [those who give up self-importance].



Cross References

Malachi 2:2

If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the Lord of hosts, “then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings [on the people]. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart.

Psalm 1:3


And he will be like a tree firmly planted [and fed] by streams of water,
Which yields its fruit in its season;
Its leaf does not wither;
And in whatever he does, he prospers [and comes to maturity].

Psalm 37:22


For those blessed by God will [at last] inherit the land,
But those cursed by Him will be cut off.

Zechariah 5:3-4

Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of the whole land; for everyone who steals will be cut off according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears [oaths falsely] shall be cut off according to the writing on the other side.

Leviticus 26:14-46

‘But if you do not obey Me and do not [obediently] do all these commandments,

Deuteronomy 7:26

You shall not bring an abomination (idol) into your house, and like it come under the ban (doomed to destruction); you shall utterly detest and you shall utterly hate it, for it is something banned.

Deuteronomy 11:28

and the curse, if you do not listen to and obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I am commanding you today, by following (acknowledging, worshiping) other gods which you have not known.

Deuteronomy 28:2-68

All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you pay attention to the voice of the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 29:19-29

It will happen that when he (a renegade) hears the words of this oath, and he imagines himself as blessed, saying, ‘I will have peace and safety even though I walk within the stubbornness of my heart [rejecting God and His law], in order that the watered land dwindles away along with the dry [destroying everything],’

Joshua 6:18

But as for you, keep yourselves [away] from the things under the ban [which are to be destroyed], so that you do not covet them and take some of the things under the ban [for personal gain], and put the camp of Israel under the ban (doomed to destruction), and bring disaster upon it.

Joshua 7:13

Rise up! Consecrate the people and say, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: “There are things under the ban among you, O Israel. You cannot stand [victorious] before your enemies until you remove the things under the ban from among you.”

2 Samuel 6:11

So the ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-edom and all his household (family).

Job 8:6-7


Then, if you are pure and upright,
Surely now He will awaken for you
And restore your righteous place.

Psalm 91:10


No evil will befall you,
Nor will any plague come near your tent.

Proverbs 21:12


The righteous one keeps an eye on the house of the wicked—
How the wicked are cast down to ruin.

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