Gen 12:3, 27:29, Num 23:7-8, 24:9, Deu 23:4, Jos 24:9, 1Sa 17:43, Neh 13:2 | ESV | STEP | I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse , and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed .

Genesis 12:3

3 ^aI will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and ^bin you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” ^{▼▼Or by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves}

Genesis 27:29

29 Let peoples serve you,
and nations ^dbow down to you.
^eBe lord over your brothers,
and may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
^fCursed be everyone who curses you,
and blessed be everyone who blesses you!”

Numbers 23:7-8

7 And Balaam ^gtook up his discourse and said,

“From ^hAram Balak has brought me,
the king of Moab ⁱfrom the eastern mountains:
‘Come, ^jcurse Jacob for me,
and come, denounce Israel!’
8 How can I curse whom God has not cursed?
How can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?

Numbers 24:9

9 He crouched, he lay down like a lion
and ^klike a lioness; who will rouse him up?
^lBlessed are those who bless you,
and cursed are those who curse you.”

Deuteronomy 23:4

4 ^mbecause they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way, when you came out of Egypt, and because they ⁿhired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of ^oMesopotamia, to curse you.

Joshua 24:9

9 ^pThen Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. ^qAnd he sent and invited Balaam the son of Beor to curse you,

1 Samuel 17:43

43 And the Philistine said to David, “Am I ^ra dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

Nehemiah 13:2

2 for they did not meet the people of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them—yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.