Proverbs 26:2

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Like a bird fluttering or a swallow flying, so a curse without cause will not come to rest.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 23:8 : 8 How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those the LORD has not denounced?
  • 2 Sam 16:12 : 12 Perhaps the Lord will look upon my affliction and repay me with good for the curses I am receiving today.
  • Neh 13:2 : 2 This was because they had not met the Israelites with bread and water but had hired Balaam to curse them—yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.
  • Ps 109:28 : 28 Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.
  • Prov 27:8 : 8 Like a bird that wanders from its nest is a man who wanders from his place.
  • Deut 23:4-5 : 4 No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation; none of their descendants may ever enter the assembly of the LORD. 5 This is because they did not meet you with bread and water on your way out of Egypt, and because they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor of Aram Naharaim to curse you.
  • 1 Sam 14:28-29 : 28 Then one of the men said, 'Your father solemnly charged the people, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.' 29 Jonathan said, 'My father has brought trouble to the land. See how my eyes have brightened because I tasted just a little of this honey.'
  • 1 Sam 17:43 : 43 The Philistine said to David, 'Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?' And he cursed David by his gods.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    20Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, and do not curse the rich in your bedroom; for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report what you say.

  • Prov 27:8
    71%

    8Like a bird that wanders from its nest is a man who wanders from his place.

  • Prov 1:17
    71%

    17Surely in vain is the net spread in sight of any bird,

  • Prov 26:1
    69%

    1Like snow in summer and rain during harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

  • Ps 109:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17He loved to curse—may it come back to him; he took no delight in blessing—may it be far from him.

    18He clothed himself with cursing as with his garment; it seeped into his body like water, into his bones like oil.

  • Eccl 7:21-22
    2 verses
    68%

    21Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you.

    22For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.

  • Prov 26:3-4
    2 verses
    68%

    3A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.

    4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will become like him yourself.

  • Prov 3:33
    68%

    33The LORD’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.

  • Job 5:3
    68%

    3I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his home.

  • Prov 7:23
    68%

    23Until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird rushing into a trap, not realizing it will cost him his life.

  • Job 5:6
    68%

    6For trouble does not spring from the dust, nor does suffering sprout from the ground.

  • Amos 3:5
    67%

    5Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground when there is no bait for it? Does a trap spring up from the earth when it has caught nothing?

  • Job 31:30
    67%

    30I have not allowed my mouth to sin by invoking a curse against their life—

  • Job 24:18
    67%

    18Swift upon the surface of the waters they are; their portion is cursed in the land; they do not turn to the way of the vineyards.

  • Job 28:7
    67%

    7No bird of prey knows that path, nor has the hawk's eye seen it.

  • Isa 16:2
    67%

    2Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so the daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.

  • Deut 22:6
    66%

    6If you come across a bird’s nest along the road, in a tree or on the ground, and it contains young birds or eggs with the mother sitting on them, do not take the mother with the young.

  • Prov 27:14
    66%

    14If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.

  • Lam 3:52
    66%

    52My enemies hunted me like a bird, without cause.

  • Num 23:8
    66%

    8How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those the LORD has not denounced?

  • Deut 28:16
    66%

    16Cursed will you be in the city, and cursed will you be in the field.

  • Prov 30:10-11
    2 verses
    66%

    10Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will be found guilty.

    11There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.

  • Prov 26:18
    66%

    18Like a madman who shoots fiery arrows, arrows, and death,

  • Prov 6:5
    66%

    5Free yourself like a gazelle from the trap, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

  • Deut 28:19-20
    2 verses
    66%

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

    20The LORD will send curses, confusion, and rebuke in everything you undertake until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil of your deeds, by which you have forsaken Me.

  • Ps 37:22
    66%

    22For those blessed by the LORD will inherit the land, but those cursed by Him will be cut off.

  • Deut 29:19
    66%

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    66%

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    66%

    5Will you fix your eyes on wealth only for it to vanish? For it makes itself wings and flies away like an eagle toward the heavens.

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    66%

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  • Job 39:26
    66%

    26Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread its wings toward the south?

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    66%

    27Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Because of this, they have become great and rich.

  • Jer 17:11
    66%

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  • 1 Sam 24:13
    65%

    13May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD avenge me against you, but my hand will not be against you.

  • Job 36:18
    65%

    18Beware that wrath does not entice you to scoffing, and let a great ransom not turn you aside.

  • Jas 3:10
    65%

    10Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things should not be this way.

  • Job 27:22
    65%

    22It hurls itself against him without mercy; he flees desperately from its power.

  • Prov 20:21
    65%

    21An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed at the end.

  • Prov 3:30
    65%

    30Do not accuse anyone for no reason, when they have done you no harm.

  • Jer 17:6
    65%

    6They will be like a shrub in the desert, dwelling in a parched place in the wilderness, in a land of salt where no one lives, and will not see when prosperity comes.

  • Prov 10:22
    65%

    22The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and He adds no sorrow with it.

  • Prov 25:23
    65%

    23As the north wind brings rain, so a sly tongue brings angry looks.

  • Zech 5:3
    64%

    3Then he said to me, 'This is the curse that is going out over the whole land: for everyone who steals will be judged according to what is written on one side, and everyone who swears falsely will be judged according to what is written on the other side.'

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    64%

    29Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be a servant to the wise of heart.

  • Ps 91:10
    64%

    10no evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling.