Proverbs 26:2
As the wandering sparrow, as the flying swallow, so the curse that is causeless shall come home.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
In Context
1As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 23:4(23-5) 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 from Pethor of Aram-naharaim, to curse thee.
1 Samuel 17:43And the Philistine said unto David: 'Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves?' And the Philistine cursed David by his god.
2 Samuel 16:12It may be that the LORD will look on mine eye, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing of me this day.'
Psalms 109:28Let them curse, but bless Thou; when they arise, they shall be put to shame, but Thy servant shall rejoice.
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 →