Proverbs 26:2
As the byrde and the swalowe take their flight and flee here and there: so the curse that is geuen in vayne, shall not light vpon a man.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
In Context
3Unto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a brydle: and a rod to the fooles backe.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:2
Proper Treatment of Fools. 1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool. Note, 1. It is too common a thing for honour to be given to fools, who are utterly unworthy of it and unfit for it. Bad men, who have neither wit nor grace, are sometimes preferred by princes, and applauded and cried up by the people. Folly is set in great dignity, as Solomon observed, Eccl. x. 6 . 2. It is very absurd and unbecoming when it is so. It is an incongruous as snow in summer, and as great a… Read the whole commentary →