Proverbs 26:2 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, an undeserved curse goes nowhere.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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)

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

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man.

Proverbs 26:2 Mga Krus na Reperensya

2 Samuel 16:12

It may be that the Lord will look on my distress, and the Lord will repay me with good for this cursing of me today.”

2 Samuel 16:8

The Lord has avenged on all of you the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, disaster has overtaken you; for you are a man of blood.”

Nehemiah 13:2

because they did not meet the Israelites with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them—yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Psalm 109:28

Let them curse, but you will bless. Let my assailants be put to shame; may your servant be glad.

Proverbs 27:8

Like a bird that strays from its nest is one who strays from home.

Isaiah 16:2

Like fluttering birds, like scattered nestlings, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.

Numbers 23:8

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

1 Samuel 17:43

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