Deuteronomy 27:18

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‘Cursed is the one who misleads a blind person on the road.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 19:14 : 14 You must not curse a deaf person or put a stumbling block in front of a blind person. You must fear your God; I am the LORD.
  • Job 29:15 : 15 I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame;
  • Prov 28:10 : 10 The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
  • Matt 15:14 : 14 Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.”
  • Rev 2:14 : 14 But I have a few things against you: You have some people there who follow the teaching of Balaam, who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.
  • Isa 56:10 : 10 All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze.

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  • 88%

    15‘Cursed is the one who makes a carved or metal image– something abhorrent to the LORD, the work of the craftsman– and sets it up in a secret place.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    16‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    17‘Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor’s boundary marker.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • 86%

    19‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    20‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his father’s former wife, for he dishonors his father.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    21‘Cursed is the one who commits bestiality.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    22‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his sister, the daughter of either his father or mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    23‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his mother-in-law.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    24‘Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in private.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    25‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    26‘Cursed is the one who refuses to keep the words of this law.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • 14You must not curse a deaf person or put a stumbling block in front of a blind person. You must fear your God; I am the LORD.

  • 72%

    28The LORD will also subject you to madness, blindness, and confusion of mind.

    29You will feel your way along at noon like the blind person does in darkness and you will not succeed in anything you do; you will be constantly oppressed and continually robbed, with no one to save you.

  • 72%

    15Curses as Reversal of Blessings“But if you ignore the LORD your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force:

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

    17Your basket and your mixing bowl will be cursed.

    18Your children will be cursed, as well as the produce of your soil, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

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

    20Curses by Disease and Drought“The LORD will send on you a curse, confusing you and opposing you in everything you undertake until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the evil of your deeds, in that you have forsaken me.

  • 24The one who says to the guilty,“You are innocent,” peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him.

  • 10A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the LORD’s work! A curse on anyone who keeps from carrying out his destruction!

  • 27The one who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.

  • 10The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

  • 3Tell them that the LORD, the God of Israel, says,‘Anyone who does not keep the terms of the covenant will be under a curse.

  • 3The speaker went on to say,“This is a curse traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals will be removed from the community; or on the other hand(according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate.”

  • Lev 24:14-15
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    14“Bring the one who cursed outside the camp, and all who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the whole congregation is to stone him to death.

    15Moreover, you are to tell the Israelites,‘If any man curses his God he will bear responsibility for his sin,

  • 22Surely those favored by the LORD will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out.

  • 16So their land will become an object of horror. People will forever hiss out their scorn over it. All who pass that way will be filled with horror and will shake their heads in derision.

  • Jer 17:5-6
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    5Individuals Are Challenged to Put Their Trust in the Lord The LORD says,“I will put a curse on people who trust in mere human beings, who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength, and whose hearts have turned away from the LORD.

    6They will be like a shrub in the arid rift valley. They will not experience good things even when they happen. It will be as though they were growing in the stony wastes in the wilderness, in a salt land where no one can live.

  • 16The leaders of this nation were misleading people, and the people being led were destroyed.

  • 18The Lord Reasons with His People“Listen, you deaf ones! Take notice, you blind ones!

  • 19When such a person hears the words of this oath he secretly blesses himself and says,“I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit.” This will destroy the watered ground with the parched.

  • 18At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.

  • 35Healing a Blind Man As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

  • 14Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.”

  • 14He says,“Build it! Build it! Clear a way! Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!”

  • 39He also told them a parable:“Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

  • 19If a man inflicts an injury on his fellow citizen, just as he has done it must be done to him–

  • 49But this rabble who do not know the law are accursed!”

  • 41All who pass by have robbed him; he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.

  • 21those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.

  • 2to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.

  • 10let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see, and make their backs bend continually.”

  • 20The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.

  • 25They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.

  • 8Those who pass by will not say,“May you experience the LORD’s blessing! We pronounce a blessing on you in the name of the LORD.

  • 21You reprimand arrogant people. Those who stray from your commands are doomed.