Deuteronomy 28:16
You will be cursed in the town and cursed in the field.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
In Context
17A curse will be on your basket and on your bread-basin.
Cross References
Genesis 4:11And now you are cursed from the earth, whose mouth is open to take your brother's blood from your hand;
Genesis 8:21And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.
Deuteronomy 28:55And will not give to any of them the flesh of his children which will be his food because he has no other; in the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.
1 Kings 17:5So he went and did as the Lord said, living by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.
Job 24:18They go quickly on the face of the waters; their heritage is cursed in the earth; the steps of the crusher of grapes are not turned to their vine-garden.
Isaiah 24:6For this cause the earth is given up to the curse, and those in it are judged as sinners: for this cause those living on the earth are burned up, and the rest are small in number.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 28:16-45
Threatenings. ( b. c. 1451.) 15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 19… Read the whole commentary →