Proverbs 26:2

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

Cross References

Numbers 23:8

How shall I curse him, whom God hath not cursed? By what means should I detest him, whom the Lord detesteth not?

Nehemiah 13:2

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

2 Samuel 16:12

Perhaps the Lord may look upon my affliction, and the Lord may render me good for the cursing of this day.

1 Samuel 17:43

And the Philistine said to David: Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with a staff? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

Proverbs 27:8

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

Isaiah 16:2

And it shall come to pass that, as a bird fleeing away, and as young ones flying out of the nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be in the passage of Arnon.

2 Samuel 16:8

The Lord hath repaid thee for all the blood of the house of Saul: because thou hast usurped the kingdom in his stead. And the Lord hath given the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thy evils press upon thee, because thou art a man of blood.