Proverbs 26:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.”
Read Proverbs 26:2 in the flow of Proverbs26 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs26 to see the surrounding context.
“Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.”
King James Version · Public Domain“As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 26:2 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 23:8How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced?
- Deuteronomy 23:4For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.
- 1 Samuel 14:28Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”
- 1 Samuel 17:43“Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
- 2 Samuel 16:8The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”
- 2 Samuel 16:12Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”
- Nehemiah 13:2because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).
- Psalms 109:28Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.
- Proverbs 27:8Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
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