Proverbs 26:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 23:8 : 8 How can I curse one whom God has not cursed, or how can I denounce one whom the LORD has not denounced?
  • 2 Sam 16:12 : 12 Perhaps the LORD will notice my affliction and this day grant me good in place of his curse.”
  • Neh 13:2 : 2 for they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them.(Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.)
  • Ps 109:28 : 28 They curse, but you will bless. When they attack, they will be humiliated, but your servant will rejoice.
  • Prov 27:8 : 8 Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home.
  • Deut 23:4-5 : 4 for they did not meet you with food and water on the way as you came from Egypt, and furthermore, they hired Balaam son of Beor of Pethor in Aram Naharaim to curse you. 5 But the LORD your God refused to listen to Balaam and changed the curse to a blessing, for the LORD your God loves you.
  • 1 Sam 14:28-29 : 28 Then someone from the army informed him,“Your father put the army under a strict oath saying,‘Cursed be the man who eats food today!’ That is why the army is tired.” 29 Then Jonathan said,“My father has caused trouble for the land. See how my eyes gleamed when I tasted just a little of this honey.
  • 1 Sam 17:43 : 43 The Philistine said to David,“Am I a dog, that you are coming after me with sticks?” Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 10:20
    72%

    20Do not curse a king even in your thoughts, and do not curse the rich while in your bedroom; for a bird might report what you are thinking, or some winged creature might repeat your words.

  • Prov 27:8
    71%

    8Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home.

  • Prov 1:17
    71%

    17Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,

  • Prov 26:1
    69%

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

  • Ps 109:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.

    18He made cursing a way of life, so curses poured into his stomach like water and seeped into his bones like oil.

  • Eccl 7:21-22
    2 verses
    68%

    21Also, do not pay attention to everything that people say; otherwise, you might even hear your servant cursing you.

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

  • Prov 26:3-4
    2 verses
    68%

    3A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

    4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.

  • Prov 3:33
    68%

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

  • Job 5:3
    68%

    3I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.

  • Prov 7:23
    68%

    23till an arrow pierces his liver– like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.

  • Job 5:6
    68%

    6For evil does not come up from the dust, nor does trouble spring up from the ground,

  • Amos 3:5
    67%

    5Does a bird swoop down into a trap on the ground if there is no bait? Does a trap spring up from the ground unless it has surely caught something?

  • Job 31:30
    67%

    30I have not even permitted my mouth to sin by asking for his life through a curse–

  • Job 24:18
    67%

    18“You say,‘He is foam on the face of the waters; their portion of the land is cursed so that no one goes to their vineyard.

  • Job 28:7
    67%

    7a hidden path no bird of prey knows– no falcon’s eye has spotted it.

  • Isa 16:2
    67%

    2At the fords of the Arnon the Moabite women are like a bird that flies about when forced from its nest.

  • Deut 22:6
    66%

    6If you happen to notice a bird’s nest along the road, whether in a tree or on the ground, and there are chicks or eggs with the mother bird sitting on them, you must not take the mother from the young.

  • Prov 27:14
    66%

    14If someone blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him.

  • Lam 3:52
    66%

    52צ(Tsade) For no good reason my enemies hunted me down like a bird.

  • Num 23:8
    66%

    8How can I curse one whom God has not cursed, or how can I denounce one whom the LORD has not denounced?

  • Deut 28:16
    66%

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

  • Prov 30:10-11
    2 verses
    66%

    10Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you are found guilty.

    11There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

  • Prov 26:18
    66%

    18Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows,

  • Prov 6:5
    66%

    5Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler.

  • Deut 28:19-20
    2 verses
    66%

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

    20Curses by Disease and Drought“The LORD will send on you a curse, confusing you and opposing you in everything you undertake until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the evil of your deeds, in that you have forsaken me.

  • Ps 37:22
    66%

    22Surely those favored by the LORD will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out.

  • Deut 29:19
    66%

    19When such a person hears the words of this oath he secretly blesses himself and says,“I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit.” This will destroy the watered ground with the parched.

  • Prov 17:13
    66%

    13As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house.

  • Prov 23:5
    66%

    5When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!

  • Deut 28:26
    66%

    26Your carcasses will be food for every bird of the sky and wild animal of the earth, and there will be no one to chase them off.

  • Job 39:26
    66%

    26“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, and spreads its wings toward the south?

  • Jer 5:27
    66%

    27Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful.

  • Jer 17:11
    66%

    11The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool.”

  • 1 Sam 24:13
    65%

    13It’s like the old proverb says:‘From evil people evil proceeds.’ But my hand will not be against you.

  • Job 36:18
    65%

    18Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.

  • Jas 3:10
    65%

    10From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.

  • Job 27:22
    65%

    22It hurls itself against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power.

  • Prov 20:21
    65%

    21An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

  • Prov 3:30
    65%

    30Do not accuse anyone without legitimate cause, if he has not treated you wrongly.

  • Jer 17:6
    65%

    6They will be like a shrub in the arid rift valley. They will not experience good things even when they happen. It will be as though they were growing in the stony wastes in the wilderness, in a salt land where no one can live.

  • Prov 10:22
    65%

    22The blessing from the LORD makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

  • Prov 25:23
    65%

    23The north wind brings forth rain, and a gossiping tongue brings forth an angry look.

  • Zech 5:3
    64%

    3The speaker went on to say,“This is a curse traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals will be removed from the community; or on the other hand(according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate.”

  • Prov 11:29
    64%

    29The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.

  • Ps 91:10
    64%

    10No harm will overtake you; no illness will come near your home.