Proverbs 26:2
As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, || So reviling without cause does not come.
Literal Standard 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
1As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, || So honor [is] not fitting for a fool.
3A whip is for a horse, a bridle for a donkey, || And a rod for the back of fools.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 23:4because that they have not come before you with bread and with water in the way, in your coming out from Egypt, and because he has hired against you Balaam son of Beor, of Pethor of Aram-Naharaim, to revile you;
1 Samuel 17:43And the Philistine says to David, “Am I a dog that you are coming to me with sticks?” And the Philistine reviles David by his gods,
2 Samuel 16:12it may be YHWH looks on my affliction, and YHWH has turned back good to me for his reviling this day.”
Psalms 109:28They revile, and You bless, || They have risen, and are ashamed, || And Your servant rejoices.
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 →