Proverbs 3 · Verse 33

Proverbs 3:33

The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
Proverbs 3:33, King James Version

Proverbs 3:33 in other translations

BSBThe curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
WEBThe LORD’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
ASVThe curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
YLTThe curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth.
DARBYThe curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
BBEThe curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.
WebsterThe curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

What does Proverbs 3:33 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 3:32-35

32-35. Reasons for the warning. froward--(Pr 2:15). secret ... righteous--in their communion (Am 3:7).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 33 The curse of the Lord - No godly people meet in such a house; nor is God ever an inmate there. But he blesseth the habitation of the just - He considers it as his own temple. There he is worshipped in spirit and in truth; and hence God makes it his dwelling-place.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 3:27-35

Our business is to observe the precepts of Christ, and to copy his example; to do justice, to love mercy, and to beware of covetousness; to be ready for every good work, avoiding needless strife, and bearing evils, if possible, rather than seeking redress by law. It will be found there is little got by striving. Let us not envy prosperous oppressors; far be it from the disciples of Christ to choose any of their…

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Proverbs 3:33 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מְאֵרַ֣תme.'e.Rat[the] curse ofH3994
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehYahwehH3068
בְּבֵ֣יתbe.Veit[is] on [the] house ofH1004
רָשָׁ֑עra.Sha'[the] wickedH7563
וּנְוֵ֖הu.ne.Vehand [the] habitation ofH5116
צַדִּיקִ֣יםtza.di.Kimrighteous [people]H6662
יְבָרֵֽךְ\׃ye.va.Rekhhe blessesH1288

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 3:33

  • Psalms 37:22

    For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

  • Leviticus 26:14-46

    But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. …

  • Psalms 91:10

    There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

  • 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. Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

  • Malachi 2:2

    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.

  • 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.

  • Proverbs 21:12

    The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

  • Zechariah 5:3-4

    Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it. I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

  • Deuteronomy 29:19-29

    And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven. And the Lord shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law: So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it; …

  • Deuteronomy 28:2-68

    And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. …

  • Psalms 1:3

    And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

  • 2 Samuel 6:11

    And the ark of the Lord continued in the house of Obed–edom the Gittite three months: and the Lord blessed Obed–edom, and all his household.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
curse.
21:12; Le 26:14-46; De 7:26; 28:15-68; 29:19-29; Jos 6:18; 7:13
Ps 37:22; Zec 5:3,4; Mal 2:2
he blesseth.
De 28:2-14; 2Sa 6:11; Job 8:6,7; Ps 1:3; 91:10

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Context

  • Proverbs 3:32

    For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.

  • Proverbs 3:33

    The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

  • Proverbs 3:34

    Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

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Proverbs 3:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
La maldición de Jehová está en la casa del impío; mas él bendecirá la morada de los justos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
La malédiction de l’ Éternel est dans la maison du méchant, et il bénit l’habitation des justes.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Der Fluch Jehovas ist im Hause des Gesetzlosen, aber er segnet die Wohnung der Gerechten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Egestas a Domino in domo impii; habitacula autem justorum benedicentur.