Proverbs 26:2

Contemporary English Version 1995

A curse you don't deserve will take wings and fly away like a sparrow or a swallow.

Cross References

Numbers 23:8

But I can't go against God! He did not curse or condemn Israel. *

Psalm 109:28

I don't care if they curse me, as long as you bless me. You will make my enemies fail when they attack, and you will make me glad to be your servant.

Nehemiah 13:2

This was because they had refused to give food and water to Israel and had hired Balaam to call down a curse on them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.

2 Samuel 16:12

But if the Lord hears these curses and sees the trouble I'm in, maybe he will have pity on me instead.

1 Samuel 17:43

“Do you think I'm a dog?” Goliath asked. “Is that why you've come after me with a stick?” He cursed David in the name of the Philistine gods

Proverbs 27:8

When you are far from home, you feel like a bird without a nest.

Isaiah 16:2

The women of Moab crossing the Arnon River are like a flock of birds scattered from their nests.

2 Samuel 16:8

the Lord is paying you back for killing so many in Saul's family. You stole his kingdom, but now the Lord has given it to your son Absalom. You're a murderer, and that's why you're in such big trouble!”