Verse 2

As the bird{H6833} by wandering{H5110}{(H8800)}, as the swallow{H1866} by flying{H5774}{(H8800)}, so the curse{H7045} causeless{H2600} shall not come{H935}{(H8799)}.

Referenced Verses

  • Num 23:8 : 8 How{H4100} shall I curse{H5344}{(H8799)}, whom God{H410} hath not cursed{H6895}{(H8804)}? or how shall I defy{H2194}{(H8799)}, whom the LORD{H3068} hath not defied{H2194}{(H8804)}?
  • 2 Sam 16:12 : 12 It may be that the LORD{H3068} will look{H7200}{(H8799)} on mine affliction{H5869}{(H8675)}{H6040}, and that the LORD{H3068} will requite{H7725}{(H8689)} me good{H2896} for his cursing{H7045} this day{H3117}.
  • Neh 13:2 : 2 Because they met{H6923}{(H8765)} not the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} with bread{H3899} and with water{H4325}, but hired{H7936}{(H8799)} Balaam{H1109} against them, that he should curse{H7043}{(H8763)} them: howbeit our God{H430} turned{H2015}{(H8799)} the curse{H7045} into a blessing{H1293}.
  • Ps 109:28 : 28 Let them curse{H7043}{(H8762)}, but bless{H1288}{(H8762)} thou: when they arise{H6965}{(H8804)}, let them be ashamed{H954}{(H8799)}; but let thy servant{H5650} rejoice{H8055}{(H8799)}.
  • Prov 27:8 : 8 As a bird{H6833} that wandereth{H5074}{(H8802)} from her nest{H7064}, so is a man{H376} that wandereth{H5074}{(H8802)} from his place{H4725}.
  • Deut 23:4-5 : 4 Because{H1697} they met{H6923}{(H8765)} you not with bread{H3899} and with water{H4325} in the way{H1870}, when ye came forth{H3318}{(H8800)} out of Egypt{H4714}; and because they hired{H7936}{(H8804)} against thee Balaam{H1109} the son{H1121} of Beor{H1160} of Pethor{H6604} of Mesopotamia{H763}, to curse{H7043}{(H8763)} thee. 5 Nevertheless the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} would{H14}{(H8804)} not hearken{H8085}{(H8800)} unto Balaam{H1109}; but the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} turned{H2015}{(H8799)} the curse{H7045} into a blessing{H1293} unto thee, because the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} loved{H157}{(H8804)} thee.
  • 1 Sam 14:28-29 : 28 Then answered{H6030}{(H8799)} one{H376} of the people{H5971}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Thy father{H1} straitly{H7650}{(H8687)} charged{H7650} the people{H5971} with an oath{H7650}{(H8689)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Cursed{H779}{(H8803)} be the man{H376} that eateth{H398}{(H8799)} any food{H3899} this day{H3117}. And the people{H5971} were faint{H5774}{(H8799)}. 29 Then said{H559}{(H8799)} Jonathan{H3129}, My father{H1} hath troubled{H5916}{(H8804)} the land{H776}: see{H7200}{(H8798)}, I pray you, how mine eyes{H5869} have been enlightened{H215}{(H8804)}, because I tasted{H2938}{(H8804)} a little{H4592} of this honey{H1706}.
  • 1 Sam 17:43 : 43 And the Philistine{H6430} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto David{H1732}, Am I a dog{H3611}, that thou comest{H935}{(H8802)} to me with staves{H4731}? And the Philistine{H6430} cursed{H7043}{(H8762)} David{H1732} by his gods{H430}.