Proverbs 26:2

King James 2000

As the bird by flitting, as the swallow by flying, so the curse without cause shall not alight.

Cross References

Numbers 23:8

How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? or how shall I denounce, whom the LORD has not denounced?

Psalm 109:28

Let them curse, but you bless: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let your servant rejoice.

Nehemiah 13:2

Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: however our God turned the curse into a blessing.

2 Samuel 16:12

It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction, and that the LORD will repay me good for his cursing this day.

1 Samuel 17:43

And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

Proverbs 27:8

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

Isaiah 16:2

For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of the Arnon.

2 Samuel 16:8

The LORD has returned upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son: and, behold, you are taken in your mischief, because you are a bloody man.