Proverbs 26:2

New International Version

Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

Cross References

Numbers 23:8

How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the Lord has not denounced?

Psalm 109:28

While they curse, may you bless; may those who attack me be put to shame, but may your servant rejoice.

Nehemiah 13:2

because they had not met the Israelites with food and water but had hired Balaam to call a curse down on them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into a blessing.)

2 Samuel 16:12

It may be that the Lord will look upon my misery and restore to me his covenant blessing instead of his curse today.”

1 Samuel 17:43

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

Proverbs 27:8

Like a bird that flees its nest is anyone who flees from home.

Isaiah 16:2

Like fluttering birds pushed from the nest, so are the women of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.

2 Samuel 16:8

The Lord has repaid you for all the blood you shed in the household of Saul, in whose place you have reigned. The Lord has given the kingdom into the hands of your son Absalom. You have come to ruin because you are a murderer!”