Proverbs 26:2

Bible in Basic English 1965

As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:12

It may be that the Lord will take note of my wrongs, and give me back good in answer to his cursing of me today.

2 Samuel 16:8

The Lord has sent punishment on you for all the blood of the family of Saul, whose kingdom you have taken; and the Lord has given the kingdom to Absalom, your son: now you yourself are taken in your evil, because you are a man of blood.

Nehemiah 13:2

Because they did not give the children of Israel bread and water when they came to them, but got Balaam to put a curse on them: though the curse was turned into a blessing by our God.

Psalm 109:28

They may give curses but you give blessing; when they come up against me, put them to shame; but let your servant be glad.

Proverbs 27:8

Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.

Isaiah 16:2

For the daughters of Moab will be like wandering birds, like a place from which the young birds have gone in flight, at the ways across the Arnon.

Numbers 23:8

How may I put curses on him who is not cursed by God? how may I be angry with him with whom the Lord is not angry?

1 Samuel 17:43

And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come out to me with sticks? And the Philistine put curses on David by all his gods.