Proverbs 26:2

New King James Version

Like a flitting sparrow, like a flying swallow, So a curse without cause shall not alight.

Cross References

Numbers 23:8

“How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And 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 had not met the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to 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 with good for his cursing this day.”

1 Samuel 17:43

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

Proverbs 27:8

Like a bird that wanders from its nest Is a man who wanders from his place.

Isaiah 16:2

For it shall be as a wandering bird thrown out of the nest; So shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.

2 Samuel 16:8

The Lord has brought 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. So now you are caught in your own evil, because you are a bloodthirsty man!”