Cross References 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. Numbers 23:8 How shall I curse him, whom God hath not cursed? By what means should I detest him, whom the Lord detesteth not? Deuteronomy 23:5 And the Lord thy God would not hear Balaam, and he turned his cursing into thy blessing, because he loved thee. 2 Samuel 16:12 Perhaps the Lord may look upon my affliction, and the Lord may render me good for the cursing of this day. Proverbs 27:8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place. Isaiah 16:2 And it shall come to pass, that as a bird fleeing away, and as young ones flying out of the nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be in the passage of Arnon. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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. so Numbers 23:8 How shall I curse him, whom God hath not cursed? By what means should I detest him, whom the Lord detesteth not? Deuteronomy 23:4,5 Because they would not meet you with bread and water in the way, when you came out of Egypt: and because they hired against thee Balaam, the son of Beor, from Mesopotamia in Syria, to curse thee. . . . 1 Samuel 14:28,29 And one of the people answering, said: Thy father hath bound the people with an oath, saying: Cursed be the man that shall eat any food this day. (And the people were faint.) . . . 1 Samuel 17:43 And the Philistine said to David: Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with a staff? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 2 Samuel 16:12 Perhaps the Lord may look upon my affliction, and the Lord may render me good for the cursing of this day. Nehemiah 13:2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water: and they hired against them Balaam, to curse them, and our God turned the curse into blessing. Psalm 109:28 They will curse and thou wilt bless: let them that rise up against me be confounded: but thy servant shall rejoice. Context Similitudes and Instructions1As snow in summer, and rain in harvest, so glory is not seemly for a fool. 2As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man.3A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools.… Lexicon Like a flutteringלָ֭נוּד (lā·nūḏ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 5110: To nod, waver, to wander, flee, disappear, to console, deplore, taunt sparrow כַּצִּפּ֣וֹר (kaṣ·ṣip·pō·wr) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 6833: A little bird or darting לָע֑וּף (lā·‘ūp̄) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 5774: To fly, to faint swallow, כַּדְּר֣וֹר (kad·də·rō·wr) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1866: The swift, a kind of swallow an undeserved חִ֝נָּ֗ם (ḥin·nām) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 2600: Gratis, devoid of cost, reason, advantage curse קִֽלְלַ֥ת (qil·laṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 7045: Vilification does not ל֣וֹ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no come to rest. תָבֹֽא׃ (ṯā·ḇō) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go Additional Translations Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not. As birds and sparrows fly, so a curse shall not come upon any one without a cause. As the sparrow for flitting about, as the swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come. As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, so the curse that is causeless lighteth not. As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest. As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come. Jump to Previous Alight Alighteth Bird Cause Causeless Curse Darting Flight Fluttering Flying Home Rest Reviling Sparrow Swallow WanderingJump to Next Alight Alighteth Bird Cause Causeless Curse Darting Flight Fluttering Flying Home Rest Reviling Sparrow Swallow WanderingExternal Links Proverbs 26:2 NIVProverbs 26:2 NLT Proverbs 26:2 ESV Proverbs 26:2 NASB Proverbs 26:2 ASV Proverbs 26:2 Bible Apps Proverbs 26:2 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 26:2 Chinese Bible Proverbs 26:2 French Bible Proverbs 26:2 German Bible Alphabetical: a alight an cause come curse darting does flitting fluttering flying in its Like not or rest So sparrow swallow to undeserved without OT Poetry: Proverbs 26:2 Like a fluttering sparrow like a darting (Prov. Pro Pr) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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