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Deuteronomy 28:16-20 Moses Blesses the Twelve Tribes of Israel

16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.

17 Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed.

18 The fruit of your womb will be cursed, and the crops of your land, and the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.

19 You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.

20 The Lord will send on you curses, confusion and rebuke in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil you have done in forsaking him.

Cross References for Deuteronomy 28:16-20

Joel 2:3 - Before them fire devours, behind them a flame blazes. Before them the land is like the garden o... Click to read the verse Joel 2:3 Click to read the verse Joel 2:3

Genesis 5:29 - He named him Noah and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caus... Click to read the verse Genesis 5:29 Click to read the verse Genesis 5:29

Genesis 3:17-18 - To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I command... Click to read the verse Genesis 3:17-18 Click to read the verse Genesis 3:17-18

Genesis 4:11-12 - Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your br... Click to read the verse Genesis 4:11-12 Click to read the verse Genesis 4:11-12

Genesis 8:21-22 - The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground... Click to read the verse Genesis 8:21-22 Click to read the verse Genesis 8:21-22

Deuteronomy 28:18 - The fruit of your womb will be cursed, and the crops of your land, and the calves of your herds... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 28:18 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 28:18

1 Kings 17:1 - Elijah Fed by Ravens Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 17:1 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 17:1

Lamentations 5:10 - Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger. Click to read the verse Lamentations 5:10 Click to read the verse Lamentations 5:10

Malachi 2:2 - If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honor my name,” says the Lord Almighty, “I w... Click to read the verse Malachi 2:2 Click to read the verse Malachi 2:2

Joel 1:4 - What the locust swarm has left the great locusts have eaten; what the great locusts have left t... Click to read the verse Joel 1:4 Click to read the verse Joel 1:4

Lamentations 1:1 - How deserted lies the city, once so full of people! How like a widow is she, who once was great... Click to read the verse Lamentations 1:1 Click to read the verse Lamentations 1:1

Proverbs 3:33 - The Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous. Click to read the verse Proverbs 3:33 Click to read the verse Proverbs 3:33

Haggai 1:9-11 - “You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Wh... Click to read the verse Haggai 1:9-11 Click to read the verse Haggai 1:9-11

Jeremiah 9:11 - “I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals; and I will lay waste the towns of J... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 9:11 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 9:11

Jeremiah 26:6 - then I will make this house like Shiloh and this city an object of cursing among all the nation... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 26:6 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 26:6

Jeremiah 44:22 - When the Lord could no longer endure your wicked actions and the detestable things you did, you... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 44:22 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 44:22

1 Kings 17:5 - So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and sta... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 17:5 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 17:5

Jeremiah 14:18 - If I go into the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I go into the city, I see the rava... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 14:18 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 14:18

1 Kings 17:12 - “As surely as the Lord your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of ... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 17:12 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 17:12

Joel 1:8-18 - Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth grieving for the husband of her youth. Click to read the verse Joel 1:8-18 Click to read the verse Joel 1:8-18

Jeremiah 14:2-5 - “Judah mourns, her cities languish; they wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem. Click to read the verse Jeremiah 14:2-5 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 14:2-5

Deuteronomy 28:55 - and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 28:55 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 28:55

Lamentations 4:1-13 - How the gold has lost its luster, the fine gold become dull! The sacred gems are scattered at t... Click to read the verse Lamentations 4:1-13 Click to read the verse Lamentations 4:1-13

Haggai 2:16-17 - When anyone came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When anyone went to a wine ... Click to read the verse Haggai 2:16-17 Click to read the verse Haggai 2:16-17

Isaiah 24:6-12 - Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth’s inhab... Click to read the verse Isaiah 24:6-12 Click to read the verse Isaiah 24:6-12

Isaiah 43:28 - So I will disgrace the dignitaries of your temple, and I will consign Jacob to destruction and ... Click to read the verse Isaiah 43:28 Click to read the verse Isaiah 43:28

Deuteronomy 28:3-14 - You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 28:3-14 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 28:3-14

Malachi 4:6 - He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to the... Click to read the verse Malachi 4:6 Click to read the verse Malachi 4:6

Lamentations 2:11-22 - My eyes fail from weeping, I am in torment within, my heart is poured out on the ground because... Click to read the verse Lamentations 2:11-22 Click to read the verse Lamentations 2:11-22

Malachi 3:9-12 - You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. Click to read the verse Malachi 3:9-12 Click to read the verse Malachi 3:9-12

Amos 4:6-9 - “I gave you empty stomachs in every city and lack of bread in every town, yet you have not retu... Click to read the verse Amos 4:6-9 Click to read the verse Amos 4:6-9