Curses of Poverty

The following information and prayers were researched and written by Richard Sicheneder. This is an extended explanation against poverty.

The Curse

Proverbs 10
¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

Lamentations 3
¹⁷ I have been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.

God Controls all Poverty and Wealth.

1 Samuel 2
⁷ The LORD sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.

1 Chronicles 29
¹¹ Yours, O LORD , is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O LORD , is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.
¹² Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all.
¹³ Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name.

Isaiah 45
⁷ I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the LORD , do all these things.

Haggai 2
⁸ ‘The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the LORD Almighty.

Psalm 50
⁹ I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens,
¹⁰ for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.

Repent

Job 36
¹⁰ He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil.

Isaiah 30
¹⁵ This is what the Sovereign LORD , the Holy One of Israel, says: “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.

Isaiah 59
²⁰ “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,” declares the LORD .
²¹ “As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD . “My Spirit, who is on you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your children, or from the mouths of their descendants from this time on and forever,” says the LORD .

Ezekiel 18
³⁰ “Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each one according to his ways, declares the Sovereign LORD . Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall.

Daniel 4
²⁷ Therefore, O king, be pleased to accept my advice: Renounce your sins by doing what is right, and your wickedness by being kind to the oppressed. It may be that then your prosperity will continue.”

Hosea 6
¹ “Come, let us return to the LORD . He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.
² After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.

Matthew 3
⁸Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.

Luke 3
³He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Acts 3
¹⁹Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, ²⁰and that he may send the Christ, who has been appointed for you–even Jesus.

Acts 26
²⁰First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles also, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and prove their repentance by their deeds.

Revelation 3
¹⁹Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent.

Forgiveness

Psalm 130
⁴ But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared.

Acts 10
⁴³All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

Acts 26
¹⁸to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

Ephesians 1
⁶to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. ⁷In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace ⁸that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.

Colossians 1
¹³For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, ¹⁴in whom we have redemption,^[1] the forgiveness of sins.

The Prayer to Break the Curses

Father I come in the Name of Jesus to repent for the sins and transgressions of my ancestors. I repent for all disobedience of Your commands turning away and listening to the enemy or to other people. Father I receive the redemption from the curse by the Blood of Jesus and ask you to break all curses of poverty upon me and my family line! I declare that the Blood of Jesus that fell upon the ground in the garden of Gethsemane has broken all the curses!

Genesis 3
¹⁷ To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat of it,’
“Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
¹⁸ It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
¹⁹ By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”

Lord I repent for anyone in my family line that offered sacrifices that were not favorable and right. I repent for any withholding of the first fruits and the best portions and for all wrong motives and attitudes of their hearts. I repent for anger, resentment and bloodshed of my brother. Lord please forgive any bloodshed and bring peace to the blood that cries out!

Lord would You break all Canaanite curses against us, as today I declare, I am my brother’s keeper! Lord please restore the ground to us and please restore Your promise of blessings and fruitfulness. Lord please remove any marks on us and break the curse of wandering. Father please allow my family to come into Your presence again as a chosen covenant people.

Genesis 4
Cain and Abel
¹ Adam ^[1] lay with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. ^[2] She said, “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth ^[3] a man.” ² Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.
Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. ³ In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD . ⁴ But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering, ⁵ but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.
⁶ Then the LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? ⁷ If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.”
⁸ Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” ^[4] And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
⁹ Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
¹⁰ The LORD said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground. ¹¹ Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. ¹² When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”
¹³ Cain said to the LORD , “My punishment is more than I can bear. ¹⁴ Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
¹⁵ But the LORD said to him, “Not so ^[5] ; if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over.” Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. ¹⁶ So Cain went out from the LORD’s presence and lived in the land of Nod, ^[6] east of Eden.

I repent for all my ancestors that denied justice to the poor, holding ill will and for any unforgiveness against a brother. I repent for shutting our ears to the poor and for exploitation of the poor and crushing them in court.

 Lord will You break all curses others have spoken against my ancestors or  me because of the quilt of our sins or transgressions. Lord would you remove any curses that would put up walls of separation between You and us. Hear our prayers again and please open our eyes, ears and our hearts.

Exodus 23
⁶ “Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

Deuteronomy 15
⁹ Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought: “The seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near,” so that you do not show ill will toward your needy brother and give him nothing. He may then appeal to the LORD against you, and you will be found guilty of sin.

Proverbs 21
¹³ If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered.

Proverbs 22
²² Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,
²³ for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who plunder them.

Proverbs 28
²² A stingy man is eager to get rich and is unaware that poverty awaits him.

Proverbs 28
²⁷ He who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but he who closes his eyes to them receives many curses.

I repent for any generational dishonesty, even the smallest, hidden, accepted or self justified dishonesty.

Deuteronomy 25
¹⁵ You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. ¹⁶ For the LORD your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly.

Proverbs 20
¹⁰ Differing weights and differing measures- the LORD detests them both.

I repent for my ancestors that would not forgive debts in the Lord’s timing and also for anyone ignoring the poor. I repent for all hardheartedness, tightfistedness and unforgiveness. Lord would you restore mercy and cheerful giving in our family line? Please bless us as You promised in Your Word.

Deuteronomy 15
The Year for Canceling Debts
¹ At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts. ² This is how it is to be done: Every creditor shall cancel the loan he has made to his fellow Israelite. He shall not require payment from his fellow Israelite or brother, because the LORD’s time for canceling debts has been proclaimed. ³ You may require payment from a foreigner, but you must cancel any debt your brother owes you. ⁴ However, there should be no poor among you, for in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless you, ⁵ if only you fully obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commands I am giving you today. ⁶ For the LORD your God will bless you as he has promised, and you will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. You will rule over many nations but none will rule over you.
⁷ If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother. ⁸ Rather be openhanded and freely lend him whatever he needs. ⁹ Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought: “The seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near,” so that you do not show ill will toward your needy brother and give him nothing. He may then appeal to the LORD against you, and you will be found guilty of sin. ¹⁰ Give generously to him and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to. ¹¹ There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land.

Lord I repent for generational idolatry, disobedience and not following your commands. I repent for not serving You Lord, joyfully and gladly in our times of prosperity.

Lord please break all curses against us from the locusts, worms, loss or sinking. Would you break all skies of bronze and ground of iron? Please release any captive sons or daughters and stop the destruction. Lord please remove all iron yokes, all blindness, oppression and robbery spirits. Lord please break the curses of hunger, nakedness, dire poverty and slavery!

Deuteronomy 28
²³ The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron.
²⁹ At midday you will grope about like a blind man in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you.

³⁸ You will sow much seed in the field but you will harvest little, because locusts will devour it. ³⁹ You will plant vineyards and cultivate them but you will not drink the wine or gather the grapes, because worms will eat them. ⁴⁰ You will have olive trees throughout your country but you will not use the oil, because the olives will drop off. ⁴¹ You will have sons and daughters but you will not keep them, because they will go into captivity. ⁴² Swarms of locusts will take over all your trees and the crops of your land.
⁴³ The alien who lives among you will rise above you higher and higher, but you will sink lower and lower. ⁴⁴ He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, but you will be the tail.
⁴⁵ All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the LORD your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you. ⁴⁶ They will be a sign and a wonder to you and your descendants forever. ⁴⁷ Because you did not serve the LORD your God joyfully and gladly in the time of prosperity, ⁴⁸ therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the LORD sends against you. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.

Lord I repent for any of my ancestors that were unfaithful, greedy, disobedient, thieves or liars. I repent for breaking the covenant and coveting or keeping the things of the pagans and not totally destroying them as commanded.

Lord please break any curses that have come on my family for the evil they did, especially the curse of destruction by fire.

Joshua 7
Achan’s Sin
¹ But the Israelites acted unfaithfully in regard to the devoted things ^[1] ; Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zimri, ^[2] the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of them. So the LORD’s anger burned against Israel.
² Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth Aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the region.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
³ When they returned to Joshua, they said, “Not all the people will have to go up against Ai. Send two or three thousand men to take it and do not weary all the people, for only a few men are there.” ⁴ So about three thousand men went up; but they were routed by the men of Ai, ⁵ who killed about thirty-six of them. They chased the Israelites from the city gate as far as the stone quarries ^[3] and struck them down on the slopes. At this the hearts of the people melted and became like water.
⁶ Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown to the ground before the ark of the LORD , remaining there till evening. The elders of Israel did the same, and sprinkled dust on their heads. ⁷ And Joshua said, “Ah, Sovereign LORD , why did you ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan! ⁸ O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has been routed by its enemies? ⁹ The Canaanites and the other people of the country will hear about this and they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. What then will you do for your own great name?”
¹⁰ The LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! What are you doing down on your face? ¹¹ Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied, they have put them with their own possessions. ¹² That is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies; they turn their backs and run because they have been made liable to destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction.
¹³ “Go, consecrate the people. Tell them, ‘Consecrate yourselves in preparation for tomorrow; for this is what the LORD , the God of Israel, says: That which is devoted is among you, O Israel. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove it.
¹⁴ ” ‘In the morning, present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe that the LORD takes shall come forward clan by clan; the clan that the LORD takes shall come forward family by family; and the family that the LORD takes shall come forward man by man. ¹⁵ He who is caught with the devoted things shall be destroyed by fire, along with all that belongs to him. He has violated the covenant of the LORD and has done a disgraceful thing in Israel!’ ”
¹⁶ Early the next morning Joshua had Israel come forward by tribes, and Judah was taken. ¹⁷ The clans of Judah came forward, and he took the Zerahites. He had the clan of the Zerahites come forward by families, and Zimri was taken. ¹⁸ Joshua had his family come forward man by man, and Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zimri, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
¹⁹ Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD , ^[4] the God of Israel, and give him the praise. ^[5] Tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”
²⁰ Achan replied, “It is true! I have sinned against the LORD , the God of Israel. This is what I have done: ²¹ When I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia, ^[6] two hundred shekels ^[7] of silver and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, ^[8] I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
²² So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent, and there it was, hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath. ²³ They took the things from the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites and spread them out before the LORD .
²⁴ Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the gold wedge, his sons and daughters, his cattle, donkeys and sheep, his tent and all that he had, to the Valley of Achor. ²⁵ Joshua said, “Why have you brought this trouble on us? The LORD will bring trouble on you today.”
Then all Israel stoned him, and after they had stoned the rest, they burned them. ²⁶ Over Achan they heaped up a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day. Then the LORD turned from his fierce anger. Therefore that place has been called the Valley of Achor ^[9] ever since.

Footnotes

7:1 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the LORD , often by totally destroying them; also in verses 11, 12, 13 and 15.

7:1 See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 2:6; Hebrew Zabdi ; also in verses 17 and 18.

7:5 Or as far as Shebarim

7:19 A solemn charge to tell the truth

7:19 Or and confess to him

7:21 Hebrew Shinar

7:21 That is, about 5 pounds (about 2.3 kilograms)

7:21 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds (about 0.6 kilogram)

7:26 Achor means trouble .

I repent for all ancestors that were evil and tried to control and frustrate the poor. Lord I repent for any in my family line that put up security or pledges for another. Lord please forgive any unfulfilled debts. I break all ungodly covenants, oaths and alliances. Lord please remove all traps or snares from the words of our mouth. Please break all sluggard and slumber spirits from us and restore wisdom and ambition.

Psalm 14
⁶ You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge.

Proverbs 6
Warnings Against Folly
¹ My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge for another,
² if you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
³ then do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:
Go and humble yourself; press your plea with your neighbor!
⁴ Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids.
⁵ Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
⁶ Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
⁷ It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
⁸ yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
⁹ How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?
¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest-
¹¹ and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man. ^[1]

I repent for all my ancestors that withheld unduly and for those who trusted in riches rather than God. I repent for all ignoring discipline and correction. I repent for all greed, bribes, and for mere talk and boasting. I repent for inaction, nonperformance and not keeping our word.

Lord will You break all curses of injustice and shunning and please break any walls between others. Please restore honor to our family.

Proverbs 11
²⁴ One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

Proverbs 11
²⁸ Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.

Proverbs 13
¹⁸ He who ignores discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored.

Proverbs 13
²³ A poor man’s field may produce abundant food, but injustice sweeps it away.

Proverbs 14
²³ All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 15
²⁷ A greedy man brings trouble to his family, but he who hates bribes will live.

Proverbs 19
⁷ A poor man is shunned by all his relatives- how much more do his friends avoid him! Though he pursues them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found. ^[1]

Lord I repent for all my ancestors that were liars, hasty, lovers of the world and it’s pleasures, proud, arrogant and selfish. I repent for lack of diligence, oppression of the needy, exploitation and favoritism. I repent for all rejection of God and any cursing or blasphemy of God.

Proverbs 19
²² What a man desires is unfailing love ^[1]; better to be poor than a liar.

Proverbs 21
⁵ The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.

Proverbs 21
¹⁷ He who loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will never be rich.

Proverbs 22
⁴ Humility and the fear of the LORD bring wealth and honor and life.

Proverbs 22
⁹ A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.

Proverbs 22
¹⁶ He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and he who gives gifts to the rich-both come to poverty.

Proverbs 22
²² Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,
²³ for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who plunder them.

Lord I repent for all family sluggishness, laziness, neglect, lack of judgment or for anyone charging exorbitant interest. I repent for any and all family concealed sins. I repent for spiritual pride in those that would not repent.

Proverbs 24
³⁰ I went past the field of the sluggard, past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment;
³¹ thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.
³² I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:
³³ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest-
³⁴ and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man. ^[1]

Footnotes

24:34 Or like a vagrant / and scarcity like a beggar

Proverbs 28
⁸ He who increases his wealth by exorbitant interest amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor.

Proverbs 28
¹³ He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

I repent for any ancestors that chased fantasies, were stingy and greedy. I repent for all that did not fight injustice were unfair and closed their ears to the cries of the poor and needy.

Lord please break all poverty curses off of us and change our hearts.

Proverbs 28
¹⁹ He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

Proverbs 28
²² A stingy man is eager to get rich and is unaware that poverty awaits him.

Proverbs 28
²⁷ He who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but he who closes his eyes to them receives many curses.

Proverbs 31
⁸ “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.
⁹ Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.”

Lord I repent for anyone in my family that followed deceptive words and relied on their social or religious identity for salvation. I repent for injustice, oppressing the aliens, widows and fatherless. I repent for any idolatry, ungodly sacrifices or worship, all innocent bloodshed, stealing, adultery, perjury and murder. I repent for all backsliding, rebellion, disobedience, pride, spiritual pride. Lord please break all connections and control that the queen of heaven has on my family and. Lord please restore in us a wholeheartness. Please make our heart pure, noble, faithful and sensitive to you.

Jeremiah 7
False Religion Worthless
¹ This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD : ² “Stand at the gate of the LORD’s house and there proclaim this message:
” ‘Hear the word of the LORD , all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship the LORD . ³ This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Reform your ways and your actions, and I will let you live in this place. ⁴ Do not trust in deceptive words and say, “This is the temple of the LORD , the temple of the LORD , the temple of the LORD !” ⁵ If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly, ⁶ if you do not oppress the alien, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm, ⁷ then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your forefathers for ever and ever. ⁸ But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless.
⁹ ” ‘Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, ^[1] burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not known, ¹⁰ and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my Name, and say, “We are safe”-safe to do all these detestable things? ¹¹ Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the LORD .
¹² ” ‘Go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for my Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel. ¹³ While you were doing all these things, declares the LORD , I spoke to you again and again, but you did not listen; I called you, but you did not answer. ¹⁴ Therefore, what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears my Name, the temple you trust in, the place I gave to you and your fathers. ¹⁵ I will thrust you from my presence, just as I did all your brothers, the people of Ephraim.’
¹⁶ “So do not pray for this people nor offer any plea or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen to you. ¹⁷ Do you not see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? ¹⁸ The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes of bread for the Queen of Heaven. They pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke me to anger. ¹⁹ But am I the one they are provoking? declares the LORD . Are they not rather harming themselves, to their own shame?
²⁰ ” ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: My anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground, and it will burn and not be quenched.
²¹ ” ‘This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go ahead, add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves! ²² For when I brought your forefathers out of Egypt and spoke to them, I did not just give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices, ²³ but I gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in all the ways I command you, that it may go well with you. ²⁴ But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts. They went backward and not forward. ²⁵ From the time your forefathers left Egypt until now, day after day, again and again I sent you my servants the prophets. ²⁶ But they did not listen to me or pay attention. They were stiff-necked and did more evil than their forefathers.’
²⁷ “When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you; when you call to them, they will not answer. ²⁸ Therefore say to them, ‘This is the nation that has not obeyed the LORD its God or responded to correction. Truth has perished; it has vanished from their lips. ²⁹ Cut off your hair and throw it away; take up a lament on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and abandoned this generation that is under his wrath.

Lord I repent for all generational idolatry and ask You to remove any spirit of prostitution in our hearts. I repent for all corruption, quilt, sin, arrogance and unfaithfulness. Lord I repent for all illegitimacy in our line.

Lord please break all curse against us, the moth, rot, lions, sickness and sores.  Please restore the covenant as promised.

Hosea 5
Judgment Against Israel
¹ “Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen, O royal house! This judgment is against you: You have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
² The rebels are deep in slaughter. I will discipline all of them.
³ I know all about Ephraim; Israel is not hidden from me. Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution; Israel is corrupt.
⁴ “Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. A spirit of prostitution is in their heart; they do not acknowledge the LORD .
⁵ Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble in their sin; Judah also stumbles with them.
⁶ When they go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD , they will not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.
⁷ They are unfaithful to the LORD ; they give birth to illegitimate children. Now their New Moon festivals will devour them and their fields.
⁸ “Sound the trumpet in Gibeah, the horn in Ramah. Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven ^[1] ; lead on, O Benjamin.
⁹ Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of reckoning. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.
¹⁰ Judah’s leaders are like those who move boundary stones. I will pour out my wrath on them like a flood of water.
¹¹ Ephraim is oppressed, trampled in judgment, intent on pursuing idols. ^[2]
12 I am like a moth to Ephraim, like rot to the people of Judah.
¹³ “When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his sores, then Ephraim turned to Assyria, and sent to the great king for help. But he is not able to cure you, not able to heal your sores.
¹⁴ For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a great lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces and go away; I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.
¹⁵ Then I will go back to my place until they admit their guilt. And they will seek my face; in their misery they will earnestly seek me.”

Footnotes

5:8 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a name for Bethel, which means house of God ).

5:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

Lord I repent for all my ancestors that were boastful and proud of their position, standing and authority. I renounce all love of sin or iniquity. I repent for all that became comfortable, selfish, hoarders and trusted in their wealth. I repent for all that sold their righteousness, for all slavery and for any trampling of the poor. I repent for all who were stingy and controlling of wealth.

Lord would you remove any curse that keeps us from enjoying the fruits of our labor. Please break any poverty curse that has been passed on from Adam to me. Lord would You remove all curses “that there will never be enough.” Lord please restore to us a new purse without any holes. Please break all curses of lack, shrinking, theft, loss, blight, mildew and hail.

Hosea 12
⁸ Ephraim boasts, “I am very rich; I have become wealthy. With all my wealth they will not find in me any iniquity or sin.”

Amos 2
Judgment on Israel
⁶ This is what the LORD says: “For three sins of Israel, even for four, I will not turn back {my wrath}. They sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals.

Amos 5
¹¹ You trample on the poor and force him to give you grain. Therefore, though you have built stone mansions, you will not live in them; though you have planted lush vineyards, you will not drink their wine.

Amos 8
⁶ buying the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the sweepings with the wheat.

Haggai 1
⁶ You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.”

Haggai 2
¹⁶ When anyone came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When anyone went to a wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty. ¹⁷ I struck all the work of your hands with blight, mildew and hail, yet you did not turn to me,’ declares the LORD .

Lord I repent for everyone that was controlling, deceptive and put ungodly burdens on others. I repent for those that tried to please man rather than God and accepted praise, honor, worship or ungodly authority and titles from men. I renounce all religious spirits, spirits of legalism, self exaltation and hypocrisy. I repent for all that did not enter the door to heaven and shut it on others. I repent for all that were blind guides and I ask You Lord to break all ungodly oaths, covenants, pledges, dedications and alliances. I repent for all ungodly and insincere sacrifices or for any sacrifice on an unholy altar. I repent for everyone that was unjust, merciless, unfaithful, greedy and self indulgent. I repent for any harboring of sin or wickedness. I repent for anyone that rejected, mocked, cursed or killed the prophets and messengers from God. I renounce any spiritual pride that rebels against repentance and I apply the Blood of Jesus to all the roots of iniquity. I repent for all my ancestors that would not believe or declare that Jesus was Lord.

Lord please break all the curses that have come upon my family because they were rich, comfortable, well fed and accepted the praise of men.

Matthew 23
Seven Woes
¹Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: ²“The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. ³So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. ⁴They tie up heavy loads and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
⁵“Everything they do is done for men to see: They make their phylacteries^[1] wide and the tassels on their garments long; ⁶they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; ⁷they love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have men call them ‘Rabbi.’
⁸“But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have only one Master and you are all brothers. ⁹And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. ¹⁰Nor are you to be called ‘teacher,’ for you have one Teacher, the Christ.^{[2] 11}The greatest among you will be your servant. ¹²For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
¹³“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.^[3]
15“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
¹⁶“Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ ¹⁷You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred? ¹⁸You also say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’ ¹⁹You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? ²⁰Therefore, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. ²¹And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it. ²²And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the one who sits on it.
²³“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices–mint, dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law–justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. ²⁴You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
²⁵“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. ²⁶Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.
²⁷“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean. ²⁸In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
²⁹“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. ³⁰And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ ³¹So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. ³²Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your forefathers!
³³“You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? ³⁴Therefore I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town. ³⁵And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. ³⁶I tell you the truth, all this will come upon this generation.
³⁷“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. ³⁸Look, your house is left to you desolate. ³⁹For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’^[4] ”

Footnotes

23:5 That is, boxes containing Scripture verses, worn on forehead and arm

23:10 Or Messiah

23:13 Some manuscripts to. 14 Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. Therefore you will be punished more severely.

23:39 Psalm 118:26

Luke 6

 ²⁴“But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.  ²⁵Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry.  Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.  ²⁶Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets.

I repent for all generational wrong attitudes about wealth and poverty.

Please Lord give me the mind of Christ.

Luke 6
²⁰Looking at his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you who are poor,   for yours is the kingdom of God.

I repent for any ancestors that committed adultery with the queen of Babylon and enjoyed or benefited from her luxuries. Lord please break all those ungodly ties and connections. I repent for any that did not come out of her. Lord please forgive any sins we share and remove all plagues for alliance with her. Please remove all plagues of death, mourning, famine and judgment fire. 

Lord please guide us by Your Spirit and Your word into the godly use of wealth, teach us to be faithful servants.

Revelation 18
¹After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor. ²With a mighty voice he shouted:  “Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!   She has become a home for demons   and a haunt for every evil^[1] spirit, a haunt for every unclean and detestable bird.  ³For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.”
⁴Then I heard another voice from heaven say:  “Come out of her, my people,  so that you will not share in her sins,  so that you will not receive any of her plagues;  ⁵for her sins are piled up to heaven,   and God has remembered her crimes.  ⁶Give back to her as she has given; pay her back double for what she has done.  Mix her a double portion from her own cup.  ⁷Give her as much torture and grief  as the glory and luxury she gave herself.  In her heart she boasts,  ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow,  and I will never mourn.’   ⁸Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her:  death, mourning and famine. She will be consumed by fire,  for mighty is the Lord God who judges her. ⁹“When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her and shared her luxury see the smoke of her burning, they will weep and mourn over her. ¹⁰Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry: ” ‘Woe! Woe, O great city,

O Babylon, city of power! In one hour your doom has come!’ ¹¹“The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes any more– ¹²cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble; ¹³cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and bodies and souls of men. ¹⁴“They will say, ‘The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your riches and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.’ ¹⁵The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her will stand far off, terrified at her torment. They will weep and mourn ¹⁶and cry out:   ” ‘Woe! Woe, O great city,   dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet,  and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!   ¹⁷In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin!’ ¹⁸“Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea, will stand far off. When they see the smoke of her burning, they will exclaim, ‘Was there ever a city like this great city?’ ¹⁹They will throw dust on their heads, and with weeping and mourning cry out:  ” ‘Woe! Woe, O great city,  where all who had ships on the sea  became rich through her wealth!  In one hour she has been brought to ruin!  ²⁰Rejoice over her, O heaven!  Rejoice, saints and apostles and prophets!  God has judged her for the way she treated you.’ ”

Promises – Prosperity

*Deuteronomy 28
Blessings for Obedience
¹ If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. ² All these blessings will come upon you and accompany you if you obey the LORD your God:
³ You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
⁴ The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock-the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
⁵ Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.
⁶ You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
⁷ The LORD will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven.
⁸ The LORD will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The LORD your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.
⁹ The LORD will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the LORD your God and walk in his ways. ¹⁰ Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD , and they will fear you. ¹¹ The LORD will grant you abundant prosperity-in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground-in the land he swore to your forefathers to give you.
¹² The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. ¹³ The LORD will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the LORD your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. ¹⁴ Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them.

*Proverbs 3
¹³ Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding,
¹⁴ for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold.
¹⁵ She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.
¹⁶ Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
¹⁷ Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace.
¹⁸ She is a tree of life to those who embrace her; those who lay hold of her will be blessed.

*Proverbs 8
¹⁷ I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.
¹⁸ With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and prosperity.
¹⁹ My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver.
²⁰ I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
²¹ bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full.

Proverbs 10
¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

Proverbs 10
²² The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

Proverbs 15
⁶ The house of the righteous contains great treasure, but the income of the wicked brings them trouble.

Proverbs 22
⁹ A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.

Proverbs 22*
²⁹ Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings; he will not serve before obscure men.

Proverbs 28
²⁷ He who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but he who closes his eyes to them receives many curses.

Proverbs 30
⁸ Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.

*Psalm 90
¹⁷ May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us-
yes, establish the work of our hands.

Joel 2
³² And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
there will be deliverance, as the LORD has said, among the survivors whom the LORD calls.

Joel 3
The Nations Judged
¹ “In those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
² I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. ^[1] There I will enter into judgment against them concerning my inheritance, my people Israel, for they scattered my people among the nations and divided up my land.

Footnotes

3:2 Jehoshaphat means the LORD judges ; also in verse 12.

*Micah 2
¹³ One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate and go out. Their king will pass through before them, the LORD at their head.”

Romans 8
³⁵Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

*2 Corinthians 6
¹⁰sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

*2 Corinthians 8
²Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.

*2 Corinthians 8
⁹For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.

Galatians 2
⁹James, Peter^[1] and John, those reputed to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the Jews. ¹⁰All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

*1 Timothy 6
¹⁷Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. ¹⁸Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. ¹⁹In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.

James 2
⁵Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? ⁶But you have insulted the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?

Revelation 2
⁹I know your afflictions and your poverty-yet you are rich! I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.