Occurrences
Qᵉlâlâh occurs 33 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Deuteronomy (11), Joshua (1), Judges (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (1), Nehemiah (1), Psalms (2), Proverbs (2), Jeremiah (9), Zechariah (1)
- Genesis 27:12 — My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse (קְלָלָ֖ה) upon me, and not a blessing.
- Genesis 27:13 — And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse (קִלְלָתְךָ֖), my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
- Deuteronomy 11:26 — Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse (וּקְלָלָֽה);
- Deuteronomy 11:28 — And a curse (וְהַקְּלָלָ֗ה), if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
- Deuteronomy 11:29 — And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse (הַקְּלָלָ֖ה) upon mount Ebal.
- Deuteronomy 21:23 — His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed (קִלְלַ֥ת) of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 23:5 — Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse (הַקְּלָלָ֖ה) into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
- Deuteronomy 27:13 — And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse (הַקְּלָלָ֖ה); Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
- Deuteronomy 28:15 — But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses (הַקְּלָל֥וֹת) shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
- Deuteronomy 28:45 — Moreover all these curses (הַקְּלָל֣וֹת) shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
- Deuteronomy 29:27 — And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses (הַקְּלָלָ֔ה) that are written in this book:
- Deuteronomy 30:1 — And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse (וְהַקְּלָלָ֔ה), which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,
- Deuteronomy 30:19 — I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing (וְהַקְּלָלָ֑ה): therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
- Joshua 8:34 — And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings (וְהַקְּלָלָ֑ה), according to all that is written in the book of the law.
- Judges 9:57 — And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse (קִֽלֲלַ֖ת) of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
- 2 Samuel 16:12 — It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing (קִלְלָת֖וֹ) this day.
- 1 Kings 2:8 — And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse (קְלָלָ֣ה) in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
- 2 Kings 22:19 — Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse (וְלִקְלָלָ֔ה), and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
- Nehemiah 13:2 — Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse (הַקְּלָלָ֖ה) into a blessing.
- Psalms 109:17 — As he loved cursing (קְ֭לָלָה), so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
- Psalms 109:18 — As he clothed himself with cursing (קְלָלָ֗ה) like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
- Proverbs 26:2 — As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse (קִֽלְלַ֥ת) causeless shall not come.
- Proverbs 27:14 — He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse (קְ֝לָלָ֗ה) to him.
- Jeremiah 24:9 — And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse (וְלִקְלָלָ֔ה), in all places whither I shall drive them.
- Jeremiah 25:18 — To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse (וְלִקְלָלָ֖ה); as it is this day;
- Jeremiah 26:6 — Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse (לִקְלָלָ֔ה) to all the nations of the earth.
- Jeremiah 29:22 — And of them shall be taken up a curse (קְלָלָ֔ה) by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
- Jeremiah 42:18 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse (וְלִקְלָלָ֣ה), and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.
- Jeremiah 44:8 — In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse (לִקְלָלָ֣ה) and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
- Jeremiah 44:12 — And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse (וְלִקְלָלָ֖ה), and a reproach.
- Jeremiah 44:22 — So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse (וְלִקְלָלָ֛ה), without an inhabitant, as at this day.
- Jeremiah 49:13 — For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse (וְלִקְלָלָ֖ה); and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
- Zechariah 8:13 — And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse (קְלָלָ֜ה) among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.