Proverbs 3:33
The Lord's curse is in the house of the wicked,but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
In Context
32For the perverse is an abomination to the Lord,but his friendship is with the upright.
34Surely he is scornful to scoffers,but he gives grace to the humble.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:14"'But if you will not listen to me, and will not do all these commandments;
Deuteronomy 11:28and the curse, if you shall not listen to 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 you have not known.
Deuteronomy 28:16You shall be cursed in the city, and you shall be cursed in the field.
Joshua 6:18But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when you have devoted it, you take of the devoted thing; so would you make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.
2 Samuel 6:11The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite three months: and the Lord blessed Obed-Edom, and all his house.
Job 24:18"They are foam on the surface of the waters.Their portion is cursed in the earth.They do not turn into the way of the vineyards.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 3:28-35
Justice and Kindness Recommended; Caution against Envy. 27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. 29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. 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 :… Read the whole commentary →