Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous. New Living Translation The LORD curses the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the upright. English Standard Version The LORD’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous. Berean Standard Bible The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous. King James Bible The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. New King James Version The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, But He blesses the home of the just. New American Standard Bible The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, But He blesses the home of the righteous. NASB 1995 The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, But He blesses the dwelling of the righteous. NASB 1977 The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, But He blesses the dwelling of the righteous. Legacy Standard Bible The curse of Yahweh is on the house of the wicked one, But He blesses the abode of the righteous. Amplified Bible The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, But He blesses the home of the just and righteous. Christian Standard Bible The LORD’s curse is on the household of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous; Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD’s curse is on the household of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous; American Standard Version The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The curse of LORD JEHOVAH is in the houses of the evil and he will bless the dwellings of the righteous. Brenton Septuagint Translation The curse of God is in the houses of the ungodly; but the habitations of the just are blessed. Contemporary English Version He places a curse on the home of everyone who is evil, but he blesses the home of every good person. Douay-Rheims Bible Want is from the Lord in the house of the wicked: but the habitations of the just shall be blessed. English Revised Version The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked; but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous. GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD curses the house of wicked people, but he blesses the home of righteous people. Good News Translation The LORD puts a curse on the homes of the wicked, but blesses the homes of the righteous. International Standard Version The LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous. JPS Tanakh 1917 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked; But He blesseth the habitation of the righteous. Literal Standard Version The curse of YHWH [is] in the house of the wicked. And He blesses the habitation of the righteous. Majority Standard Bible The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous. New American Bible The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but the dwelling of the just he blesses; NET Bible The LORD's curse is on the household of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous. New Revised Standard Version The LORD’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the abode of the righteous. New Heart English Bible The LORD's curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous. Webster's Bible Translation The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. World English Bible Yahweh’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous. Young's Literal Translation The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Blessings of Wisdom…32for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright. 33The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous. 34He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.… Cross References Leviticus 26:14 If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments, Leviticus 26:16 then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it. Deuteronomy 11:28 but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known. Job 8:6 if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate. Psalm 1:3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does. Psalm 37:22 Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed. Zechariah 5:3 Then he told me, "This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed. Treasury of Scripture The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesses the habitation of the just. curse Proverbs 21:12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness. Leviticus 26:14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; Deuteronomy 7:26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing. he blesseth Deuteronomy 28:2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. 2 Samuel 6:11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household. Job 8:6,7 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous… Jump to Previous Abode Blesses Blesseth Blessing Curse Dwelling Evil-Doer Habitation Home House LORD's Righteous Tent Upright WickedJump to Next Abode Blesses Blesseth Blessing Curse Dwelling Evil-Doer Habitation Home House LORD's Righteous Tent Upright WickedProverbs 3 1. various exhortations13. The gain of wisdom 27. Exhortation to goodness 33. the different state of the wicked and upright (33) He blesseth the habitation of the just.--The word rendered "habitation" often signifies "pasture," "sheepfold," and this is a relic of the time when the Israelites led a nomad life and had no fixed habitations; so the cry, "To your tents, O Israel!" (1Kings 12:16) was still in use long after the settlement in Canaan. By some there is thought to be a distinction intended between the well-built "house" of the wicked and the slightly constructed cottage of the humble just man, no better than a shepherd's hut.Verse 33. - The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked. From ver. 33 to the end of the discourse the contrast is continued between the condition of the wicked and the just, the scornful and the lowly, the wise and the fools. In the verse before us a further reason is given why the prosperity of the wicked is not enviable. The curse of Jehovah dwells in and rests upon his house. The curse; m'erah, from arav, "to curse." This word only occurs five times in the Old Testament once in Deuteronomy, twice in Proverbs (here and in Proverbs 28:27), and twice in Malachi. The nature of the curse may be learned from Deuteronomy 28:20, where it is the infliction of temporal misfortunes ending with the "cutting off" of the wicked (see Psalm 37:22). It is a hovering evil, the source of constant misfortune. LXX., κατάρα. Cf. "the cursing" (alah) against thieves and swearers in Zechariah 5:4. But he blesseth the habitation the just. The contrast to the former, as in Deuteronomy 28:2-6. He blesseth; i.e. both temporarily and spiritually. Blessing does not exclude affliction, but "trials" are not "curses" (Wardlaw). Both the LXX. and the Vulgate render, "But the habitations of the just shall be blessed," the LXX. having read the pual future (y'vorak), "they shall be blessed," for the piel future (y'varik), "he shall bless," of the text. The habitation; naveh, from navah, "to sit down," "to dwell." A poetic and nomad (Fleischer) word usually understood of a small dwelling is tugurium, the shepherd's hut or cottage, "the sheepcote" of 2 Samuel 7:8. The LXX. ἕπαυλις, and tho Vulgate hubitaculam, favour the suggestion of Gejerus, that a contrast is here made between the large house or palace (bayith) of the wicked and the small dwelling of the just. In Proverbs 21:20 and Proverbs 24:15 the word is rendered "dwelling." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The curseמְאֵרַ֣ת (mə·’ê·raṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 3994: An execration of the LORD יְ֭הוָה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel is on the house בְּבֵ֣ית (bə·ḇêṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house of the wicked, רָשָׁ֑ע (rā·šā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person but He blesses יְבָרֵֽךְ׃ (yə·ḇā·rêḵ) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse the home וּנְוֵ֖ה (ū·nə·wêh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5116: Abode of shepherd or flocks, habitation of the righteous. צַדִּיקִ֣ים (ṣad·dî·qîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 6662: Just, righteous Links Proverbs 3:33 NIVProverbs 3:33 NLT Proverbs 3:33 ESV Proverbs 3:33 NASB Proverbs 3:33 KJV Proverbs 3:33 BibleApps.com Proverbs 3:33 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 3:33 Chinese Bible Proverbs 3:33 French Bible Proverbs 3:33 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 3:33 Yahweh's curse is in the house (Prov. 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