Deuteronomy 27:18

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“‘Cursed is he who lets a blind man wander in the road.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’”

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BSBPD

“‘Cursed is he who lets a blind man wander in the road.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Cursed <FI>is<Fi> he who is causing the blind to err in the way, --and all the people have said, Amen.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 27:18 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 27:12What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”
  2. Leviticus 19:14You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
  3. Job 29:15I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.
  4. Proverbs 28:10He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
  5. Isaiah 56:10Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
  6. Matthew 15:14Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
  7. Revelation 2:14But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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