Proverbs 26:2

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless lighteth not.

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:12

It may be that the LORD will look on the wrong done unto me, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing of me this day.

2 Samuel 16:8

The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thine own mischief, because thou art a man of blood.

Nehemiah 13:2

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

Psalm 109:28

Let them curse, but bless thou: When they arise, they shall be ashamed, but thy servant shall rejoice.

Proverbs 27:8

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

Isaiah 16:2

For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of Arnon.

Numbers 23:8

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

1 Samuel 17:43

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