Proverbs 26:2 - The Scriptures 2009

² As a bird wanders, as a swallow flies about, So a curse without cause does not come.

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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.

Proverbs 26:2 Cross References

Numbers 23:8

“How do I curse whom Ěl has not cursed? And how do I rage at whom יהוה has not raged?

Psalm 109:28

Let them curse, but You bless. They shall arise, but be ashamed, And let Your servant rejoice.

Nehemiah 13:2

because they had not met the children of Yisra’ĕl with bread and water, and hired Bil‛am against them to curse them, although our Elohim turned the curse into a blessing.

2 Samuel 16:12

“If so be, יהוה does look on my affliction, and יהוה shall return good to me for his cursing today.”

1 Samuel 17:43

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

Proverbs 27:8

Like a bird that wanders from its nest, So is a man who wanders from his place.

Isaiah 16:2

And it shall be, like a wandering bird, a nest thrown out, so are the daughters of Mo’aḇ at the fords of Arnon.

2 Samuel 16:8

“יהוה has brought upon you all the blood of the house of Sha’ul, in whose place you have reigned. And יהוה has given the reign into the hand of Aḇshalom your son. And see, you are in your own evil, for you are a man of blood!”