Proverbs 26:2

Proverbs chapter 26 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.

v.1As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.

v.2This passage

v.3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Deuteronomy 23:4
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 from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
1 Samuel 14:28
Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth food this day. And the people were faint.
Nehemiah 13:2
because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Proverbs 27:8
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.
Psalms 109:28
Let them curse, but bless thou: When they arise, they shall be put to shame, But thy servant shall rejoice.
Numbers 23:8
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?