Proverbs 26:2
A curse that isn't deserved won't land on the person, like a fluttering sparrow or a flitting swallow.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
In Context
1Honoring someone stupid is as inappropriate as snow in the summer or rain during harvest.
3Horses need a whip, donkeys need a bridle, and stupid people need a rod on their backs!
Cross References
Deuteronomy 23:4For they did not come to meet you with food and water on your journey from Egypt, and they hired Balaam, son of Beor, from Pethor in Mesopotamia, to curse you.
1 Samuel 17:43“Do you think I'm a dog, coming to fight me with a stick?” the Philistine asked David, and he cursed David by his gods.
2 Samuel 16:12Perhaps the Lord will see how I'm suffering and will pay me back with good for his curses today.”
Psalms 109:28When they curse me, you will bless me. When they attack me, you will defeat them. And I, your servant, will be happy.
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 →