Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Curses cannot hurt you unless you deserve them. They are like birds that fly by and never light. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible 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.… Cross References 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. 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 WanderingLinks Proverbs 26:2 NIVProverbs 26:2 NLT Proverbs 26:2 ESV Proverbs 26:2 NASB 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 |