Deuteronomy 28:18
Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
Cross-references
In Deuteronomy 28:4, the same items are blessed — opposite of the curse here on fruit of womb, ground, and herds.
In Deuteronomy 28:32, the curse on fruit of the womb is realized: children taken captive and parents powerless.
In Deuteronomy 28:53, 'fruit of your womb' repeats as a curse of cannibalism — the extreme outcome of this curse.
In Leviticus 26:20, the land yields no increase and trees no fruit — directly echoing the curse on fruit of the ground.
In Job 18:16-19, Bildad describes the wicked's roots drying up and no offspring — mirroring the curse on fruit of womb and ground.
In Psalm 109:9-15, the psalmist curses the wicked with childlessness and begging — similar to the curse on fruit of womb in Deuteronomy 28:18.
In Lamentations 2:11, infants faint in the streets as Jerusalem falls — a vivid fulfillment of the curse on children and produce.
In Lamentations 2:12, children cry for bread and faint — directly illustrating the curse on fruit of the ground and womb.
In Lamentations 2:20, women eat the fruit of their womb — a horrifying echo of the curse on fruit of the womb in Deuteronomy 28:18.
In Hosea 9:11-14, Ephraim loses birth, pregnancy, and children — a clear parallel to the curse on fruit of womb and herds.
In Habakkuk 3:17, the same failed crops and livestock are listed, but as grounds for trusting God despite the curse.
Jeremiah 15:7 echoes the curse on offspring and land from Deut 28:18, depicting God winnowing and bereaving His people.
Lamentations 2:22 describes the curse's fulfillment — enemies destroy the children raised, mirroring the curse on fruit of the womb.
In Luke 23:29, Jesus declares barrenness blessed in coming judgment — reversing the curse on fruit of the womb here.