Proverbs 26:2

¹ As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

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

³ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.

⁴ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
KJV: As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
WEB: Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.
ASV: As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.
DARBY: As the sparrow for flitting about, as the swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come.
BLB: Like the sparrow in fluttering, like the swallow in flying, so a curse without cause does not come.

ÅB: Som spurven i fart, som svalen i flukt, slik er det med en uforskyldt forbannelse -- den rammer ikke.
OTB: Som en flaksende spurv eller en svevende svale, slik lander ikke en forbannelse uten grunn.
B1930: Som spurven i fart, som svalen i flukt, slik er det med en uforskyldt forbannelse - den rammer ikke.

Numbers 23:8
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
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Nehemiah 13:2
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.
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Psalms 109:28
Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
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Deuteronomy 23:4–5
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.
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2 Samuel 16:12
It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
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1 Samuel 17:43
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.
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Proverbs 27:8
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
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1 Samuel 14:28–29
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.
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