Deuteronomy 11: 26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; 27 A blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day. 28 And a curse if you won’t obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which you have not known.
The curse here mentioned is not to be understood as something that God does to a person, in revenge for their not following the good and right. The curse is in the evil deed, just as the devil is in the details, so that the blessing or the curse is the natural result of either course of action. For instance, if Buddhists were to eat healthily, and exercise regularly they will reap the natural benefits thereof, even if they may have utterly rejected Jesus as Lord and Savior.
And atheists, who unwittingly do follow the laws of health, by refraining from eating forbidden foods, will be at lower risk for cancers, in the overwhelming majority of cases. And companies, corporations, and businesses which return a faithful tithe are blessed indigenously, even if they have no affiliations with The Lord Jesus.
The blessings, or the curses are integrated with the choices a person makes, and is not so much God doing this or that in response to our choices, even though He is known to directly bless those persons who are in a covenant relation with Him. That’s because there are natural consequences for choosing to do either wrong or right, and in many cases, God simply allows the laws of sowing, and reaping to run their natural course.
Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!