1 Samuel 17:43
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43 “Am I a dog,” he roared at David, “that you come at me with a stick?” And he cursed David by the names of his gods.
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2 Samuel 3:8
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8 Abner was furious. “Am I some Judean dog to be kicked around like this?” he shouted. “After all I have done for your father, Saul, and his family and friends by not handing you over to David, is this my reward—that you find fault with me about this woman?
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1 Samuel 24:14
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14 Who is the king of Israel trying to catch anyway? Should he spend his time chasing one who is as worthless as a dead dog or a single flea?
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2 Kings 8:13
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13 Hazael responded, “How could a nobody like me[a] ever accomplish such great things?”
Elisha answered, “The Lord has shown me that you are going to be the king of Aram.”
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- 8:13 Hebrew a dog.
2 Samuel 9:8
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8 Mephibosheth bowed respectfully and exclaimed, “Who is your servant, that you should show such kindness to a dead dog like me?”
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2 Samuel 16:9
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9 “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king?” Abishai son of Zeruiah demanded. “Let me go over and cut off his head!”
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Proverbs 26:2
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2 Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,
an undeserved curse will not land on its intended victim.
Judges 9:27
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27 During the annual harvest festival at Shechem, held in the temple of the local god, the wine flowed freely, and everyone began cursing Abimelech.
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Numbers 22:11-12
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11 ‘Look, a vast horde of people has arrived from Egypt, and they cover the face of the earth. Come and curse these people for me. Then perhaps I will be able to stand up to them and drive them from the land.’”
12 But God told Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse these people, for they have been blessed!”
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Numbers 22:6
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6 Please come and curse these people for me because they are too powerful for me. Then perhaps I will be able to conquer them and drive them from the land. I know that blessings fall on any people you bless, and curses fall on people you curse.”
Genesis 27:29
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29 May many nations become your servants,
and may they bow down to you.
May you be the master over your brothers,
and may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
All who curse you will be cursed,
and all who bless you will be blessed.”
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