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Proverbs 26:2

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¶ As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

As the bird {H6833} by wandering {H5110}, as the swallow {H1866} by flying {H5774}, so the curse {H7045} causeless {H2600} shall not come {H935}.

Like a fluttering sparrow or a flying swallow, an undeserved curse will come home to roost.

Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.

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Cross-References

  • Numbers 23:8 (26 votes)

    How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, [whom] the LORD hath not defied?

  • Nehemiah 13:2 (15 votes)

    Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

  • Psalms 109:28 (15 votes)

    Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

  • 2 Samuel 16:12 (13 votes)

    It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.

  • Deuteronomy 23:4 (13 votes)

    Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

  • Deuteronomy 23:5 (13 votes)

    Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.

  • 1 Samuel 17:43 (11 votes)

    And the Philistine said unto David, [Am] I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.