Verse 2

¶ As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

Referenced Verses

  • Num 23:8 : 8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, [whom] the LORD hath not defied?
  • 2 Sam 16:12 : 12 It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite 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: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
  • Ps 109:28 : 28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
  • Prov 27:8 : 8 ¶ As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.
  • Deut 23:4-5 : 4 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. 5 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
  • 1 Sam 14:28-29 : 28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed [be] the man that eateth [any] food this day. And the people were faint. 29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
  • 1 Sam 17:43 : 43 And the Philistine said unto David, [Am] I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.