呪いに関する13の聖書の一節

In the Bible, to curse is to call down harm on someone, and a curse God does not back has no force. Balaam, hired to curse Israel, asks “How can I curse those whom God has not cursed?” (Numbers 23:8), and Proverbs 26:2 says an undeserved curse “does not come to rest.” Israel’s law forbade cursing God, a ruler, a parent or the deaf (Leviticus 24:15-16; Exodus 22:28; Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 19:14), and Jesus tells his followers to “bless those…