KJV King James Version
The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
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Proverbs 3:33
The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
ASV American Standard Version
The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 3
30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
32 For the froward [is] abomination to the LORD: but his secret [is] with the righteous.
33 The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
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Psalm 37:22For [such as be] blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and [they that be] cursed of him shall be cut off.Leviticus 26:14-46But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;Psalm 91:10There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.Job 8:6-7If thou [wert] pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.Malachi 2:2If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay [it] to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay [it] to heart.Proverbs 21:12The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.Deuteronomy 7:26Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: [but] thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it [is] a cursed thing.Deuteronomy 28:2-68And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.Psalm 1:3And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.Deuteronomy 29:19-29And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:2 Samuel 6:11And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household.Zechariah 5:3-4Then said he unto me, This [is] the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off [as] on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off [as] on that side according to it.Joshua 7:13Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, [There is] an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.Deuteronomy 11:28And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.Joshua 6:18And ye, in any wise keep [yourselves] from the accursed thing, lest ye make [yourselves] accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
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