Deuteronomy 28:29

And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

Cross-reference

Deuteronomy 28:33 repeats the same curse: oppression and crushing by a foreign nation — a direct parallel within the same chapter.

In Nehemiah 9:26-29, the confession recounts God giving Israel into enemies' hands because of rebellion — a direct echo of the curse.

2 Corinthians 4:4 states Satan blinds unbelievers' minds, directly mirroring the blindness curse as a spiritual reality.

Romans 11:7-10 quotes Psalm 69 and Isaiah to describe Israel's hardening—spiritual blindness echoing this curse.

Zephaniah 1:17 says sinners will walk like the blind, a direct parallel to the judgment curse here.

In Lamentations 5:8, the same cry of no deliverer echoes — slaves rule and none rescues, mirroring the curse's final phrase.

Isaiah 59:10 uses identical imagery of groping at noon like the blind, directly echoing this curse.

In Psalm 106:40-42, the psalm summarizes the curse: God gives Israel to nations who oppress them — a poetic restatement.

Psalm 69:23 Parallel

Psalm 69:23 prays for darkened eyes as judgment, echoing the blindness curse here.

Job 12:25 Parallel

Job 12:25 echoes groping in darkness and staggering like a drunkard, matching the blindness and confusion of this curse.

Job 5:14 Allusion

Job 5:14 uses the exact same phrase 'grope at noonday' to describe the fate of the cunning—a direct parallel to this curse.

In Nehemiah 9:37, the distress under foreign kings is attributed to sin, matching the curse's oppression and loss of autonomy.

Psalm 106:41 recounts God handing Israel over to enemies who rule over them — exactly the oppression and lack of deliverance from the curse.

Isaiah 42:22 describes a people plundered with none to rescue — a direct echo of the curse's 'oppressed and robbed, no one to save'.

Lamentations 3:2 describes being driven into darkness without light — directly visualizes the 'grope at noonday as blind in darkness' curse.

Lamentations 4:14 portrays the blind wandering — a vivid fulfillment of the curse's blindness imagery in the fall of Jerusalem.

Micah 2:4 Allusion

In Micah 2:4, the taunt song laments the loss of inheritance, echoing the oppression and robbery described here.