Proverbs 26:2
As the sparrow flitters and the swallow darts when they fly, 1 so an undeserved curse does not alight. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
In Context
1Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, 1 so a fool does not deserve honor. 1
3A whip is for the horse, a bridle is for the donkey 1 and a rod is for the back of fools. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 23:4This is because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the road when you had come out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim, to curse you.
1 Samuel 17:43Then the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?,” and the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
2 Samuel 16:12Perhaps Yahweh will look at the misery unleashed on me, and repay me with good for his cursing me today.”
Psalms 109:28Though they curse me, please bless me; 1 when they attack, may they be put to shame, 1 but may your servant rejoice. 1
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 →