Proverbs 26:2 - King James 2000

² As the bird by flitting, as the swallow by flying, so the curse without cause shall not alight.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, So the curse causeless shall not come.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Like the sparrow in her wandering, like the swallow in her flying, so the causeless curse does not alight. [Num. 23:8.]

American Standard Version (1901)

² As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.

Common English Bible

² Like a darting sparrow, like a flying swallow, so an undeserved curse never arrives.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Like a bird flying away to another place, and like a sparrow that hurries away freely, so also a curse uttered against someone without cause will pass away.

Proverbs 26:2 Tagairtí Cros

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.

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.

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.

Psalm 109:28

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

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.

Numbers 23:8

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

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.