I. A List of SINS that release curses – Deuteronomy 27
- Making an idol (vs. 15)
- Dishonoring father or mother – rebellion (16)
- Moving a neighbor’s boundary marker – dishonesty (17)
- Misleading a blind person on the road – malice (18)
- Depriving the alien, the orphan and the widow of justice (19)
- Sexual – lying with his father’s wife – adultery (20)
- Sexual – lying with an animal – bestiality (21)
- Sexual – lies with his sister – incest (22)
- Sexual – lies with his mother-in-law – fornication, adultery (23)
- Killing a neighbor – murder (24)
- Taking a bribe to kill (25)
- Disobedience concerning the law of God (26)
These are a sampling of the multitude of sins that can put curses into effect.
II. A List of the RESULTS of curses – Deuteronomy 28
- Curses for disobedience will be FELT EVERYWHERE (15-16)
- FOOD PROVISIONS will be cursed (17)
- FRUIT OF THE WOMB and the FRUIT OF THE GROUND (18)
- Coming in, going out – TRAVEL (19)
- DISASTER, PANIC, FRUSTRATION in everything you do (20)
- PLAGUED WITH DISEASE (21)
- WASTING DISEASE, FEVER, INFLAMATION, WEATHER CURSED, and CROP DISEASE (22-24)
- DEFEAT before your enemies, DESTRUCTION (25-26)
- TUMORS, FESTERING SORES, ITCH that cannot be cured (27)
- MADNESS, BLINDNESS and CONFUSION of mind (28)
- MARRIAGE PLANS DESTROYED (30)
- PLANS for a NEW HOME UNFULFILLED
- CHILDREN put into BONDAGE (32)
- CRUEL OPPRESSION ALL YOUR DAYS (33)
- MADNESS and BOILS that cannot be cured (34-35)
- Becoming an OBJECT OF SCORN AND RIDICULE (37)
- Your EFFORTS will beFRUITLESS (38-42)
- OTHERS WILL SUCCEED WHILE YOU FAIL (43-44)
- The CURSES will pursue and bring DESTRUCTION (45)
- In dire POVERTY you will serve your ENEMIES (47-48)
- NATIONAL HUMILIATION and DEFEAT (49-57)
- FEARFUL PLAGUES, PROLONGED DISASTERS, SEVERE and LINGERING ILLNESSES (59)
- NO REPOSE, NO RESTING PLACE, ANXIETY OF MIND, WEARY and LONGING HEART, and DESPAIRING HEART (65)
- FILLED WITH DREAD DAY AND NIGHT, NEVER SURE OF YOUR LIFE
These are two representative lists – they are not exhaustive – but they do provide an understanding of the effects of sin upon the quality of our lives. We have seen most of these results in the lives of the people with whom we work.