May this water that brings a curse enter your body so that your abdomen swells or your womb miscarries.” “‘Then the woman is to say, “Amen. So be it.”

“Cursed is anyone who makes an idol—a thing detestable to the Lord, the work of skilled hands—and sets it up in secret.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

“Cursed is anyone who dishonors their father or mother.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

“Cursed is anyone who moves their neighbor’s boundary stone.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

“Cursed is anyone who leads the blind astray on the road.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

“Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

“Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he dishonors his father’s bed.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

“Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with any animal.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

“Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

“Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

“Cursed is anyone who kills their neighbor secretly.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

“Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

“Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

Benaiah son of Jehoiada answered the king, “Amen! May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, so declare it.

Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Then all the people said “Amen” and “Praise the Lord.”

I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “In this way may God shake out of their house and possessions anyone who does not keep this promise. So may such a person be shaken out and emptied!” At this the whole assembly said, “Amen,” and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.

Ezra praised the Lord, the great God; and all the people lifted their hands and responded, “Amen! Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.

His children must make amends to the poor; his own hands must give back his wealth.

Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.

Praise be to his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.

Praise be to the Lord forever! Amen and Amen.

Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the Lord.

Fools mock at making amends for sin, but goodwill is found among the upright.

Then I will fulfill the oath I swore to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey’—the land you possess today.” I answered, “Amen, Lord.”

He said, “Amen! May the Lord do so! May the Lord fulfill the words you have prophesied by bringing the articles of the Lord’s house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon.