Proverbs 26:2

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.

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:12

Perhaps the Lord may look with favor upon my affliction, and the Lord may repay me good, in place of the cursing of this day."

2 Samuel 16:8

The Lord has repaid you for all the blood of the house of Saul. For you have usurped the kingdom in place of him. And so, the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of Absalom, your son. And behold, your evils press close upon you, because you are a man of blood."

Nehemiah 13:2

because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and water, and they hired Balaam against them, to curse them. But our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Proverbs 27:8

Just like a bird migrating from her nest, so also is a man who abandons his place.

Isaiah 16:2

And this shall be: like a bird fleeing away, and like fledglings flying from the nest, so will the daughters of Moab be at the passage of Arnon.

Numbers 23:8

How shall I curse him, whom God has not cursed? For what reason would I condemn him, whom the Lord does not condemn?

1 Samuel 17:43

And the Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you approach against me with a staff?" And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.