Bible verse
Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
Proverbs 26:2 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 26.
1 Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
2 Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
6 Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
KJV
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
ASV
As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.
ERV
As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, so the curse that is causeless lighteth not.
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