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Psalm 109:10

Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.

8Let his days be few. Let another take his office.
9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.
11Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
12Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children.
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Children become “wandering beggars” in this curse, making its reach beyond the accused man to his household hard to read without distress.

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Where else Scripture says this

11 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 37:25I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.Both mention children begging, but Psalm 37 recounts their preservation while Psalm 109 asks for their destitution.
Genesis 4:12–14From now on, when you till the ground, it won’t yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”Wandering follows loss of sustenance in both passages: unproductive ground in Genesis and begging among ruins in the psalm.
Job 15:23He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.Both portray wandering in search of food, with Job describing a man's plight and the psalm asking it for children.
Psalm 59:15They shall wander up and down for food, and wait all night if they aren’t satisfied.Both portray restless need through wandering and hunger, though Psalm 109 directs its curse at children.
2 Kings 5:27Therefore the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and to your offspring forever.” He went out from his presence a leper, as white as snow.Both extend disaster to descendants: the psalm asks for children to beg, while the declaration in Kings extends leprosy to offspring.
Isaiah 16:2For it will be that as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so will the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.Wandering marks both passages: children are cursed with begging in the psalm, while Moab's daughters are compared to scattered birds.
Genesis 4:14Behold, you have driven me out today from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth. …Both speak of wandering after displacement, though Genesis records the displaced man's own words and the psalm curses another man's children.
Job 18:12His strength will be famished. Calamity will be ready at his side.Both depict severe deprivation: the psalm names begging children, while Job describes famished strength and approaching calamity.
Job 20:10His children will seek the favor of the poor. His hands will give back his wealth.Both describe children reduced to seeking help, connecting a man's downfall with his children's need.
Job 30:5They are driven out from among men. They cry after them as after a thief,Both describe displacement, though Job speaks of people being driven out and the psalm asks that children become wanderers.
2 Samuel 3:29Let it fall on the head of Joab and on all his father’s house. Let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has a discharge, or who is a leper, or who …Both curses reach beyond one man to his household and include the prospect of lacking bread.
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Encouragement

This is a severe curse spoken before God, reaching even to children and their ruined homes. It gives you no warrant to harm them; judgment belongs to God.

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