Proverbs 26:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

Proverbs 26:2 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 23:8
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
Psalms 109:28
Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
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.
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.
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. …

Topics

Anger Cruelty Hatred Heart Malice Retaliation Scoffing Strife

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 2)

Here is, 1. The folly of passion. It makes men scatter causeless curses, wishing ill to others upon presumption that they are bad and have done ill, when either they mistake the person or misunderstand the fact, or they call evil good and good evil. Give honour to a fool, and he thunders out his anathemas against all that he is disgusted with, right or wrong. Great men, when wicked, think they hav…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

2. Though not obvious to us, the bird--literally, “sparrow”--and swallow--have an object in their motions, so penal evil falls on none without a reason.