Proverbs 26:2

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Like as ye byrde and the swalowe take their flight and fle here and there, so the curse that is geuen in vayne, shal not light vpon a man.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 23:8 : 8 How shall I curse, whom God curseth not? How shal I defye, whom ye LORDE defyeth not?
  • 2 Sam 16:12 : 12 peraduenture the LORDE shall consydre my aduersyte, and recompence me good for his cursynge this daye.
  • Neh 13:2 : 2 because they mett not the children of Israel wt bred and water, and hyred Balaam against the, that he shulde curse them: neuertheles oure God turned ye curse in to a blessynge.
  • Ps 109:28 : 28 and let them be cofounded, that ryse vp agaynst me, but let thy seruaunt reioyse.
  • Prov 27:8 : 8 He that oft tymes flytteth, is like a byrde yt forsaketh hir nest.
  • Deut 23:4-5 : 4 because they met you not wt bred & water in ye waye, wha ye came out of Egipte. And besides yt, they hired agaynst you Balaa ye sonne of Beor, ye interpreter out of Mesopotamia, to curse ye. 5 But ye LORDE yi God wolde not heare Balaam, and turned the curse to a blessynge vnto the: because the LORDE yi God loued the.
  • 1 Sam 14:28-29 : 28 Then answered one of the people, and sayde: Thy father hath charged the people, and sayde: Cursed be euery ma that eateth oughte this daye. Neuertheles the people were faynte. 29 Then sayde Ionathas: My father hath troubled the londe: Se how lighte myne eyes are become, because I haue taisted a litle of this hony.
  • 1 Sam 17:43 : 43 And the Philistyne sayde vnto Dauid: Am I a dogg then, that thou commest vnto me with a staffe? And he cursed Dauid by his God,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 10:20
    72%

    20Wysh the kynge no euell in yi thought, and speake no hurte of ye ryche in thy preuy chambre: for a byrde of the ayre shal betraye thy voyce, and wt hir fethers shal she bewraye thy wordes.

  • Prov 27:8
    71%

    8He that oft tymes flytteth, is like a byrde yt forsaketh hir nest.

  • Prov 1:17
    71%

    17But in vayne is ye net layed forth before the byrdes eyes.

  • Prov 26:1
    69%

    1Like as snowe is not mete in sommer, ner rayne in haruest: euen so is worshipe vnsemely for a foole.

  • Ps 109:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17He clothed him self with cursynge like as with a rayment: yee it wente in to his bowels like water, and like oyle in to his bones.

    18Let it be vnto him as the cloke that he hath vpon him, and as the gyrdle that he is gyrded withall.

  • Eccl 7:21-22
    2 verses
    68%

    21Take not hede vnto euery worde yt is spoken, lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse the:

    22for thine owne hert knoweth, that thou thy self also hast oft tymes spoke euell by other men.

  • Prov 26:3-4
    2 verses
    68%

    3Vnto the horse belongeth a whyppe, to the Asse a brydle, and a rodde to the fooles backe.

    4Geue not the foole an answere after his foolishnesse, lest thou become like vnto him:

  • Prov 3:33
    68%

    33The curse of the LORDE is in the house of the vngodly, but he blesseth the dwellinges of the righteous.

  • Job 5:3
    68%

    3I haue sene my self, when the foolish was depe roted, that his bewty was sodely destroyed:

  • Prov 7:23
    68%

    23so longe till she hath wounded his lyuer with hir darte: like as yf a byrde haisted to the snare, not knowinge that the parell of his life lyeth there vpo.

  • Job 5:6
    68%

    6nether commeth sorow out of ye groude:

  • Amos 3:5
    67%

    5Doth a byrde fall in a snare vpo ye earth where no fouler is? Taketh a man his snare vp from the grounde, afore he catche somwhat?

  • Job 31:30
    67%

    30I neuer suffred my mouth to do soch a sinne, as to wysh him euell.

  • Job 24:18
    67%

    18The vngodly is very swyft: O yt his porcio also vpo earth were swyfter then ye runnynge water, which suffreth not ye shipma to beholde the fayre & pleasaut vyniardes.

  • Job 28:7
    67%

    7There is a waye also that the byrdes knowe not, that no vulturs eye hath sene:

  • Isa 16:2
    67%

    2(For as for the doughters of Moab, they were as it had bene a trymblinge byrde, yt is put out of hir nest, by the fery of Arnon) which messaunger sayde:

  • Deut 22:6
    66%

    6Yf thou chaunce vpon a byrdes nest by ye waye in a tre, or on the grounde, with yonge or with egges, and the dame syttinge vpon the yonge or vpon the egges, thou shalt not take the dame with the yonge,

  • Prov 27:14
    66%

    14He that is to hastie to praise his neghboure aboue measure, shalbe taken as one yt geueth him an euell reporte.

  • Lam 3:52
    66%

    52Myne enemies hunted me out sharpely like a byrde, yee and that with out a cause.

  • Num 23:8
    66%

    8How shall I curse, whom God curseth not? How shal I defye, whom ye LORDE defyeth not?

  • Deut 28:16
    66%

    16Cursed shalt thou be in the towne, and cursed in ye felde:

  • Prov 30:10-11
    2 verses
    66%

    10Accuse not a seruaunt vnto his master, lest he speake euell of the also, and thou be hurte.

    11He that bryngeth vp an euell reporte vpo the generacion of his father and mother, is not worthy to be commended.

  • Prov 26:18
    66%

    18Like as one shuteth deadly arowes and dartes out of a preuy place, euen so doth a dyssembler with his neghboure,

  • Prov 6:5
    66%

    5Saue thy self as a doo fro ye honde, & as a byrde fro the hode of the fouler.

  • Deut 28:19-20
    2 verses
    66%

    19Cursed shalt thou be whan thou goest in, and cursed wha thou goest out.

    20The LORDE shal sende in to the, consuminge, and complayninge, and cursynge, in all that thou takest in hande to do, tyll he haue destroyed the & shortly broughte to the naughte, because of thy wicked inuencions, in that thou hast forsaken me.

  • Ps 37:22
    66%

    22Soch as be blessed of him, shal possesse the londe: & they whom he curseth, shalbe roted out.

  • Deut 29:19
    66%

    19so that though he heare the wordes of this curse, he blesse him selfe yet in his hert, and saye: Tush, it shal not be so euell. I wil walke after the meanynge of myne awne hert, that the dronken maye perishe with the thyrstie.

  • Prov 17:13
    66%

    13Who so rewardeth euell for good, the plage shal not departe fro his house.

  • Prov 23:5
    66%

    5Why wilt thou set thine eye vpon ye thinge, which sodenly vanisheth awaye? For riches make them selues wynges, and take their flight like an Aegle in to ye ayre.

  • Deut 28:26
    66%

    26Thy carcase shalbe meate vnto all maner foules of the ayre, and to all the beestes vpon earth, and there shalbe no man to fraye them awaye.

  • Job 39:26
    66%

    26Commeth it thorow thy wysdome, that the goshauke flyeth towarde the south?

  • Jer 5:27
    66%

    27And like as a net is full of byrdes, so are their houses full of that, which they haue gotten with falsede and disceate. Herof cometh their greate substaunce and riches,

  • Jer 17:11
    66%

    11The disceatfull maketh a nest, but bringeth forth no yonge: He commeth by riches, but not rightuously. In the myddest off his life must he leaue them behinde him, and at the last be founde a very foole.

  • 1 Sam 24:13
    65%

    13acordinge as it is sayde after the olde prouerbe: Vngodlynes commeth of the vngodly: but my hande shal not be vpon the.

  • Job 36:18
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    18For then shal not thy cause be stilled with crueltie, ner pacified with many giftes.

  • Jas 3:10
    65%

    10Out of one mouth proceadeth blessynge and cursynge. My brethre these thinges ought not so to be.

  • Job 27:22
    65%

    22It ru?sheth in vpon him, and spareth him not, he maye not escape from the power therof.

  • Prov 20:21
    65%

    21The heretage that commeth to haistely at the first, shal not be praysed at the ende.

  • Prov 3:30
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    30Stryue not lightly wt eny man, where as he hath done ye no harme.

  • Jer 17:6
    65%

    6He shall be like the heeth, that groweth in the wildernes. As for the good thinge that is for to come, he shall not se it: but dwell in a drie place off the wildernes, in a salt and vnoccupied londe.

  • Prov 10:22
    65%

    22The blessynge of the LORDE maketh rich me, as for carefull trauayle, it doth nothinge therto.

  • Prov 25:23
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    23The north wynde dryueth awaye the rayne, euen so doth an earnest sober countenauce a backbyters tonge.

  • Zech 5:3
    64%

    3Then sayde he vnto me: This is the curse, yt goeth forth ouer the whole earth: For all theues shalbe iudged after this boke, & all swearers shalbe iudged acordinge to the same.

  • Prov 11:29
    64%

    29Who so maketh disquyetnesse in his owne house, he shal haue wynde for his heretage, and the foole shal be seruaunt to the wyse.

  • Ps 91:10
    64%

    10There shal no euell happen vnto the, nether shal eny plage come nye thy dwellinge.