Proverbs 26:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 23:8 : 8 How may I put curses on him who is not cursed by God? how may I be angry with him with whom the Lord is not angry?
  • 2 Sam 16:12 : 12 It may be that the Lord will take note of my wrongs, and give me back good in answer to his cursing of me today.
  • Neh 13:2 : 2 Because they did not give the children of Israel bread and water when they came to them, but got Balaam to put a curse on them: though the curse was turned into a blessing by our God.
  • Ps 109:28 : 28 They may give curses but you give blessing; when they come up against me, put them to shame; but let your servant be glad.
  • Prov 27:8 : 8 Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.
  • Deut 23:4-5 : 4 Because they gave you no bread or water on your way, when you came out of Egypt: and they got Balaam, the son of Peor, from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to put curses on you. 5 But the Lord your God would not give ear to Balaam, but let the curse be changed into a blessing to you, because of his love for you.
  • 1 Sam 14:28-29 : 28 Then one of the people said to him, Your father put the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes any food this day. And the people were feeble, needing food. 29 Then Jonathan said, My father has made trouble come on the land: now see how bright my eyes have become because I have taken a little of this honey.
  • 1 Sam 17:43 : 43 And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come out to me with sticks? And the Philistine put curses on David by all his gods.

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  • Prov 27:8
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    8 Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.

  • Prov 1:17
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    17 Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:

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    1 Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.

  • Ps 109:17-18
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    69%

    17 As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him.

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  • Eccl 7:21-22
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    21 Do not give ear to all the words which men say, for fear of hearing the curses of your servant.

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  • Prov 26:3-4
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    68%

    3 A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.

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  • Prov 3:33
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    33 The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.

  • Job 5:3
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    3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house.

  • Prov 7:23
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    23 Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.

  • Job 5:6
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    6 For evil does not come out of the dust, or trouble out of the earth;

  • Amos 3:5
    67%

    5 Is it possible for a bird to be taken in a net on the earth where no net has been put for him? will the net come up from the earth if it has taken nothing at all?

  • Job 31:30
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    30 (For I did not let my mouth give way to sin, in putting a curse on his life;)

  • Job 24:18
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    18 They go quickly on the face of the waters; their heritage is cursed in the earth; the steps of the crusher of grapes are not turned to their vine-garden.

  • Job 28:7
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    7 No bird has knowledge of it, and the hawk's eye has never seen it.

  • Isa 16:2
    67%

    2 For the daughters of Moab will be like wandering birds, like a place from which the young birds have gone in flight, at the ways across the Arnon.

  • Deut 22:6
    66%

    6 If by chance you see a place which a bird has made for itself in a tree or on the earth, with young ones or eggs, and the mother bird seated on the young ones or on the eggs, do not take the mother bird with the young:

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    14 He who gives a blessing to his friend with a loud voice, getting up early in the morning, will have it put to his account as a curse.

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    66%

    52 They who are against me without cause have gone hard after me as if I was a bird;

  • Num 23:8
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    8 How may I put curses on him who is not cursed by God? how may I be angry with him with whom the Lord is not angry?

  • Deut 28:16
    66%

    16 You will be cursed in the town and cursed in the field.

  • Prov 30:10-11
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    10 Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble.

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    19 You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.

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    66%

    13 If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.

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    5 Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.

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    66%

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    66%

    26 The bow is sounding against him; he sees the shining point of spear and arrow.

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    66%

    27 As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.

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    65%

    10 Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.

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    22 God sends his arrows against him without mercy; he goes in flight before his hand.

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    21 A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.

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    65%

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    65%

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    65%

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    29 The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

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    10 No evil will come on you, and no disease will come near your tent.