Proverbs 26:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

As the sparowe by flying, and the swallow by flying escape, so the curse that is causeles, shall not come.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 23:8 : 8 How shal I curse, where God hath not cursed? or howe shall I detest, where the Lorde hath not detested?
  • 2 Sam 16:12 : 12 It may be that the Lorde will looke on mine affliction, and doe me good for his cursing this day.
  • Neh 13:2 : 2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: and our God turned the curse into a blessing.
  • Ps 109:28 : 28 Though they curse, yet thou wilt blesse: they shall arise & be confounded, but thy seruant shall reioyce.
  • Prov 27:8 : 8 As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place.
  • Deut 23:4-5 : 4 Because they met you not with bread & water in the way, when yee came out of Egypt, and because they hyred against thee Balaam the sonne of Beor, of Pethor in Aram-naharaim, to curse thee. 5 Neuerthelesse, the Lorde thy God would not hearken vnto Balaam, but the Lord thy God turned the curse to a blessing vnto thee, because the Lord thy God loued thee.
  • 1 Sam 14:28-29 : 28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father made the people to sweare, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth sustenance this day: and the people were faint. 29 Then said Ionathan, My father hath troubled the land: see nowe howe mine eyes are made cleare, because I haue tasted a litle of this honie:
  • 1 Sam 17:43 : 43 And the Philistim sayde vnto Dauid, Am I a dog, that thou commest to me with staues? And the Philistim cursed Dauid by his gods.

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  • Prov 27:8
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    8As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place.

  • Prov 1:17
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    17Certainely as without cause the net is spred before the eyes of all that hath wing:

  • Prov 26:1
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    1As the snowe in the sommer, and as the raine in the haruest are not meete, so is honour vnseemely for a foole.

  • Ps 109:17-18
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    17As he loued cursing, so shall it come vnto him, and as he loued not blessing, so shall it be farre from him.

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  • Eccl 7:21-22
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    21(7:23) Giue not thine heart also to all ye wordes that men speake, lest thou doe heare thy seruant cursing thee.

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  • Prov 26:3-4
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    3Vnto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a bridle, and a rod to the fooles backe.

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  • Prov 3:33
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    33The curse of the Lorde is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

  • Job 5:3
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    3I haue seene the foolish well rooted, and suddenly I cursed his habitation, saying,

  • Prov 7:23
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    23Till a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, not knowing that he is in danger.

  • Job 5:6
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    6For miserie commeth not foorth of the dust, neither doeth affliction spring out of the earth.

  • Amos 3:5
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    5Can a birde fall in a snare vpon the earth, where no fouler is? or will he take vp the snare from the earth, and haue taken nothing at all?

  • Job 31:30
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    30Neither haue I suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse vnto his soule.

  • Job 24:18
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    18He is swift vpon the waters: their portion shalbe cursed in the earth: he will not behold the way of the vineyardes.

  • Job 28:7
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    7There is a path which no foule hath knowen, neyther hath the kites eye seene it.

  • Isa 16:2
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    2For it shall be as a birde that flieth, and a nest forsaken: the daughters of Moab shall be at the foordes of Arnon.

  • Deut 22:6
    66%

    6If thou finde a birdes nest in the way, in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be yong or egges, and the damme sitting vpon the yong, or vpon the egges, thou shalt not take ye damme with the yong,

  • Prov 27:14
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    14He that prayseth his friend with a loude voyce, rising earely in the morning, it shall be counted to him as a curse.

  • Lam 3:52
    66%

    52Mine enemies chased me sore like a birde, without cause.

  • Num 23:8
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    8How shal I curse, where God hath not cursed? or howe shall I detest, where the Lorde hath not detested?

  • Deut 28:16
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    16Cursed shalt thou bee in the towne, and cursed also in the fielde.

  • Prov 30:10-11
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    10Accuse not a seruant vnto his master, lest he curse thee, when thou hast offended.

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  • Prov 26:18
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    18As he that faineth himselfe mad, casteth fire brands, arrowes, and mortall things,

  • Prov 6:5
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    5Deliuer thy selfe as a doe from the hande of the hunter, and as a birde from the hande of the fouler.

  • Deut 28:19-20
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    19Cursed shalt thou be when thou commest in, and cursed also when thou goest out.

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    22For such as be blessed of God, shall inherite the lande, and they that be cursed of him, shalbe cut off.

  • Deut 29:19
    66%

    19So that when he heareth the words of this curse, he blesse him selfe in his heart, saying, I shall haue peace, although I walke according to the stubburnes of mine owne heart, thus adding drunkennesse to thirst.

  • Prov 17:13
    66%

    13He that rewardeth euil for good, euil shall not depart from his house.

  • Prov 23:5
    66%

    5Wilt thou cast thine eyes vpon it, which is nothing? For riches taketh her to her wings, as an eagle, and flyeth into the heauen.

  • Deut 28:26
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    66%

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    65%

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  • Job 27:22
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    22And God shal cast vpon him and not spare, though he would faine flee out of his hand.

  • Prov 20:21
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    21An heritage is hastely gotten at the beginning, but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

  • Prov 3:30
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    29He that troubleth his owne house, shall inherite the winde, and the foole shalbe seruant to the wise in heart.

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    10There shall none euill come vnto thee, neither shall any plague come neere thy tabernacle.