Proverbs 26:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless lighteth not.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, So the curse causeless shall not come.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² 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)

² As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.

Common English Bible

² Like a darting sparrow, like a flying swallow, so an undeserved curse never arrives.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² 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

² 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 Cross References

2 Samuel 16:12

It may be that the LORD will look on the wrong done unto me, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing of me this day.

2 Samuel 16:8

The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thine own mischief, because thou art a man of blood.

Nehemiah 13:2

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

Psalm 109:28

Let them curse, but bless thou: When they arise, they shall be ashamed, but thy servant shall rejoice.

Proverbs 27:8

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.

Isaiah 16:2

For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of Arnon.

Numbers 23:8

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

1 Samuel 17:43

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.