Proverbs 26:2

New English Translation

Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause does not come to rest.

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:12

Perhaps the Lord will notice my affliction and this day grant me good in place of his curse.”

2 Samuel 16:8

The Lord has punished you for all the spilled blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you rule. Now the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. Disaster has overtaken you, for you are a man of bloodshed!”

Nehemiah 13:2

for they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.)

Psalm 109:28

They curse, but you will bless. When they attack, they will be humiliated, but your servant will rejoice.

Proverbs 27:8

Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home.

Isaiah 16:2

At the fords of the Arnon the Moabite women are like a bird that flies about when forced from its nest.

Numbers 23:8

How can I curse one whom God has not cursed, or how can I denounce one whom the Lord has not denounced?

1 Samuel 17:43

The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you are coming after me with sticks?” Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods.