Let them curse, but you will bless! They arise and are put to shame, but your servant will be glad!
Behold, I received a command to bless: he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it.
So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
He loved to curse; let curses come upon him! He did not delight in blessing; may it be far from him!
God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
For there is no enchantment against Jacob, no divination against Israel; now it shall be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What has God wrought!’
Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight.