Proverbs 26:2 - Revised Standard Version CI

Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Like the sparrow in her wandering, like the swallow in her flying, so the causeless curse does not alight. [Num. 23:8.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Like a darting sparrow, like a flying swallow, so an undeserved curse never arrives.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Like a bird flying away to another place, and like a sparrow that hurries away freely, so also a curse uttered against someone without cause will pass away.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man.

Proverbs 26:2 Krydshenvisninger

2 Samuel 16:12

It may be that the Lord will look upon my affliction, and that the Lord will repay me with good for this cursing of me today.”

2 Samuel 16:8

The Lord has avenged upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, your ruin is on you; for you are a man of blood.”

Nehemiah 13:2

for they did not meet the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them—yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Psalm 109:28

Let them curse, but do thou bless! Let my assailants be put to shame; may thy servant be glad!

Proverbs 27:8

Like a bird that strays from its nest, is a man who strays from his home.

Isaiah 16:2

Like fluttering birds, like scattered nestlings, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.

Numbers 23:8

How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?

1 Samuel 17:43

And the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.