Deuteronomy 27:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Cursed is he by whom the blind are turned out of the way. And let all the people say, So be it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 19:14 : 14 Do not put a curse on those who have no hearing, or put a cause of falling in the way of the blind, but keep the fear of your God before you: I am the Lord.
  • Job 29:15 : 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking.
  • Prov 28:10 : 10 Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.
  • Matt 15:14 : 14 Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.
  • Rev 2:14 : 14 But I have some things against you, because you have with you those who keep the teaching of Balaam, by whose suggestion Balak made the children of Israel go out of the right way, taking food which was offered to false gods, and going after the desires of the flesh.
  • Isa 56:10 : 10 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 88%

    15Cursed is the man who makes any image of wood or stone or metal, disgusting to the Lord, the work of man's hands, and puts it up in secret. And let all the people say, So be it.

    16Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

    17Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's landmark from its place. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • 86%

    19Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

    20Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it.

    21Cursed is he who has sex relations with any sort of beast. And let all the people say, So be it.

    22Cursed is he who has sex relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

    23Cursed is he who has sex relations with his mother-in-law. And let all the people say, So be it.

    24Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's life secretly. And let all the people say, So be it.

    25Cursed is he who for a reward puts to death one who has done no wrong. And let all the people say, So be it.

    26Cursed is he who does not take this law to heart to do it. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • 14Do not put a curse on those who have no hearing, or put a cause of falling in the way of the blind, but keep the fear of your God before you: I am the Lord.

  • 72%

    28He will make your minds diseased, and your eyes blind, and your hearts wasted with fear:

    29You will go feeling your way when the sun is high, like a blind man for whom all is dark, and nothing will go well for you: you will be crushed and made poor for ever, and you will have no saviour.

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    15But if you do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and take care to do all his orders and his laws which I give you today, then all these curses will come on you and overtake you:

    16You will be cursed in the town and cursed in the field.

    17A curse will be on your basket and on your bread-basin.

    18A curse will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.

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

    20The Lord will send on you cursing and trouble and punishment in everything to which you put your hand, till sudden destruction overtakes you; because of your evil ways in which you have been false to me.

  • 24He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.

  • 10Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his sword from blood.

  • 27He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.

  • 10Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

  • 3The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Let that man be cursed who does not give ear to the words of this agreement,

  • 3Then he said to me, This is the curse which goes out over the face of all the land: for long enough has every thief gone without punishment, and long enough has every taker of false oaths gone without punishment.

  • Lev 24:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14Take the curser outside the tent-circle; and let all in whose hearing the words were said put their hands on his head, and let him be stoned by all the people.

    15And say to the children of Israel, As for any man cursing God, his sin will be on his head.

  • 22Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off.

  • 16Making their land a thing of wonder, causing sounds of surprise for ever; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, shaking his head.

  • Jer 17:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5This is what the Lord has said: Cursed is the man who puts his faith in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart is turned away from the Lord.

    6For he will be like the brushwood in the upland, and will not see when good comes; but his living-place will be in the dry places in the waste land, in a salt and unpeopled land.

  • 16For the guides of this people are the cause of their wandering from the right way, and those who are guided by them come to destruction.

  • 18Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.

  • 19If such a man, hearing the words of this oath, takes comfort in the thought that he will have peace even if he goes on in the pride of his heart, taking whatever chance may give him:

  • 18And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.

  • 35And it came about that when he got near Jericho, a certain blind man was seated by the side of the road, making requests for money from those who went by.

  • 14Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.

  • 14And I will say, Make it high, make it high, get ready the way, take the stones out of the way of my people.

  • 39And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, Is it possible for one blind man to be guide to another? will they not go falling together into a hole?

  • 19And if a man does damage to his neighbour, as he has done, so let it be done to him;

  • 49But these people who have no knowledge of the law are cursed.

  • 41All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.

  • 21Who give help to a man in a wrong cause, and who put a net for the feet of him who gives decisions in the public place, taking away a man's right without cause.

  • 2Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.

  • 10Let their eyes be made dark so that they may not see, and let their back be bent down at all times.

  • 20If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.

  • 25They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine.

  • 8And those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be on you; we give you blessing in the name of the Lord.

  • 21Your hand has been against the men of pride, a curse is on those who go wandering out of your way.