Proverbs 26:2
Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest.
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- Num 23:8 : 8 How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom Yahweh has not defied?
- 2 Sam 16:12 : 12 It may be that Yahweh will look on the wrong done to me, and that Yahweh will repay me good for the cursing of me today."
- Neh 13:2 : 2 because they didn't meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: however our God turned the curse into a blessing.
- Ps 109:28 : 28 They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.
- Prov 27:8 : 8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
- Deut 23:4-5 : 4 because they didn't meet you with bread and with water in the way, when you came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you. 5 Nevertheless Yahweh your God wouldn't listen to Balaam; but Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because Yahweh your God loved you.
- 1 Sam 14:28-29 : 28 Then one of the people answered, and said, "Your father directly commanded the people with an oath, saying, 'Cursed is the man who eats food this day.'" The people were faint. 29 Then Jonathan said, "My father has troubled the land. Please look how my eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
- 1 Sam 17:43 : 43 The Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" The Philistine cursed David by his gods.
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21 Also don't take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
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