Calling Down A Curse
A warranted, justified, deserved curse works to bring destruction, decay, ruin, and constricted opportunities to the recipient. It unleashes spiritual forces to act to fulfill the curse. For example, Jotham pronounced a deserved curse which came to effect through the working of an evil spirit (Judges 9 – see especially verses 19-47, 57).
When curses are unwarranted, unjustified, and undeserved, however, they boomerang onto the one who made it (Prov 26:2, Tanakh; Ob 15). Thus, we bring about our own ruin and unleash destroying demons to work in our life when we give undeserved curses. We should bless others (Rom 12:13, NASB). That is, we should speak well of them and express good wishes toward them.
Unfortunately, we often curse others (Rom 3:14). Instead of praying for them we unintentionally harm them with our curses (Mt 5:44). Yet, when our curses aren’t deserved, we bring harm on ourselves. This is because to curse means to wish harm on someone, to speak evil against, to insult, to despise, to libel, to esteem as unimportant or of little significance, to pierce with hard words, to berate, to slight, to do wrong to, to esteem lightly, to neglect or disregard, to disrespect. No wonder James says that all of us both bless and curse others (Jas 3:5-10).
We need to be careful what we say and how we treat others. Much harm is done to others and to ourselves by our cursing. We can and ought to do better.
Instead of being timid, learn to be appropriately bold.