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The Blessings of Wisdom

Proverbs 3:33

In 11 translations

BSB
The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
KJV
¶ The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
WEB
Yahweh’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
ASV
The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
LSV
The curse of YHWH [is] in the house of the wicked. And He blesses the habitation of the righteous.
YLT
The curse of Jehovah [is] in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth.
DBY
The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
DRC
Want is from the Lord in the house of the wicked: but the habitations of the just shall be blessed.
GNV
The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
JPS
The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked; but He blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
LXXE
The curse of God is in the houses of the ungodly; but the habitations of the just are blessed.

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Original-language editions

WLC
מְאֵרַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה בְּבֵ֣ית רָשָׁ֑ע וּנְוֵ֖ה צַדִּיקִ֣ים יְבָרֵֽךְ׃
LXX-Br
Κατάρα Θεοῦ ἐν οἴκοις ἀσεβῶν, ἐπαύλεις δὲ δικαίων εὐλογοῦνται.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 37:22Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.
  • Leviticus 26:14–46If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments, and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant, then this is what…
  • Job 8:6–7if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate. Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
  • Psalms 91:10no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.
  • Malachi 2:2If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you…
  • Deuteronomy 7:26And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.
  • Proverbs 21:12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.
  • Deuteronomy 28:2–68And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God: You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well…
  • 2 Samuel 6:11Thus the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the LORD blessed him and all his household.
  • Psalms 1:3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
  • Deuteronomy 29:19–29because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered…
  • Zechariah 5:3–4Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be…
  • Joshua 7:13Get up and consecrate the people, saying, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Among you, O Israel, there are things devoted to destruction. You cannot stand against…
  • Deuteronomy 11:28but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.
  • Joshua 6:18But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it.

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