Deuteronomy 28:45
All these curses shall come on you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, until you are destroyed; because you did not listen to the voice of the Lord your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you:
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46and they shall be on you for a sign and for a wonder, and on your seed forever.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:27the blessing, if you shall listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day;
Deuteronomy 28:15But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to the voice of the Lord your God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day, that all these curses shall come on you, and overtake you.
2 Kings 17:20The Lord rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
Proverbs 13:21Misfortune pursues sinners,but prosperity rewards the righteous.
Isaiah 65:14behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for anguish of spirit.
Jeremiah 24:9I will even give them up to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.
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 →