And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so? II Samuel 16:10
And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse 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. I Kings 2:8
They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes; Nehemiah 10:29
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. Malachi 2:3&4&9
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee. Ecclesiastes 7:21
I’m gonna put a curse on you – and all your kids will be born completely naked. Jimi Hendrix
Work is the curse of the drinking classes. Oscar Wilde
I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit. P G Wodehouse
I feel there is a curse on rock stars. Marc Bolan
I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world. I see a long night settling in and that mushroom which has poisoned the world withering at the roots. Henry Miller
It’s better to light a candle then to curse the darkness. Dr Carl Sagan
I call Christianity the one great curse, the one great intrinsic depravity, the one great instinct for revenge for which no expedient is sufficiently poisonous, secret, subterranean, petty – I call it the one mortal blemish of mankind. Friedrich Nietzsche
That’s one of the greatest curses ever inflicted on the human race: memory. Citizen Kane 1941 starring Orson Welles & Joseph Cotten & Everett Sloane & Dorothy Comingore & Agnes Moorehead & Ruth Warrick & Ray Collins & William Alland & Paul Stewart & George Coulouris & Philip van Zandt et al, director Orson Welles
Therefore, inasmuch as some of my servants have not kept the commandment, but have broken the covenant through covetousness, and with feigned words, I have cursed them with a very sore and grievous curse. Mormon Doctrine & Covenants 104:4
The resting place of Tutankhamun, pharaoh of Egypt … There were reports of another warning on a tablet that has since vanished: ‘Death will slay with his wings whoever disturbs the rest of the pharaoh’. In Search of s1e8 … Mummy’s Curse, 1977
Lord Carnarvan was only the first of many who would die shortly after visiting the tomb of Tutankhamun. ibid.
Throughout the ages diamonds have inspired poets and smugglers, gentlemen and thieves … Many diamonds are said to carry a curse … Is there such a thing as a diamond curse? In Search of s3e20 … The Diamond Curse, 1979
I’d say we’re fucked. This lightbox [laptop] has cursed us. What We Do in the Shadows s2e4: The Curse, Laszlo to Nandor & Nadja, BBC 2020
November 1922: After years searching, a tomb is unearthed. A long lost pharaoh disturbed and desecrated. A deadly curse thousands of years old is awakened. Those who entered are in grave peril from the Curse of Tutankhamun. The Curse of King Tut, Channel 5 2020
Louisa May Alcott: Lost in a Pyramid or, The Mummy’s Curse. ibid.
Archaeologists had unearthed few artefacts from the pharaohs’ tombs in the Valley; ancient Egyptian grave robbers had beaten western treasure hunters to it by millennia. ibid.
An ordinary day that many believe to be the most dangerous of the year. A lake that swallows people into a bottomless abyss. And a priceless diamond that brings death to every man that touches it. Can priceless things or even people naturally be cursed? There are those who insist that not only do curses exist but these dark forces are actually lurking all around us. So how do we get rid of them? The UnXplained with William Shatner s1e19: Mysterious Curses, History 2021
I’ve told you and I told you and I told you not to curse in my house. Bloody Mama 1970 starring Shelley Winters & Lisa Jill & Robert Walden & Alex Nicol & Robert De Niro & Pat Hingle & Don Stroud & Diane Varsi & Bruce Dern & Clint Kimbrough et al, director Roger Corman, Ma Barker
‘When they first opened this tomb, people died mysteriously.’ Ancient Aliens s12e5: The Pharaohs’ Curse, archaeologist Ramy Romany, History 2017
‘The ancient pharaohs would place a curse on all those who would enter into their tombs. ibid. comment
Oak Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2017: Rick and Marty Lagina return to the land they purchased here ten years ago in an effort to solve a centuries-old mystery, one that began in 1795 when three Nova Scotia farm boys set out to explore the island after witnessing strange lights coming from its shore in the middle of the night. According to its legendary curse, seven men must die before the island will reveal its treasure that lies buried deep beneath its surface. ibid.