Reference for Sanhedrin 97:1

תהא לוטא ולא תהא לאטה

Let thyself be cursed rather than curse[another].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For, as in this case, the curses always recoil on oneself or on one's descendants. ');">¹</span> Then Joab was brought before theCourt,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is a continuation of the narrative commenced on 48b, which was interrupted to shew that all David's curses were fulfilled upon his descendants. ');">²</span> and he [Solomon] judged andquestioned him, 'Why didst thou kill Abner?'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. II Sam. III, 27. ');">³</span>

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