Cross references

Proverbs 26:2

Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow,

an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

Proverbs 26:2 BSB

Proverbs 26:2 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Numbers 23:8 (32 votes) and Nehemiah 13:2 (20 votes). 10 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Numbers 22 to 2 Corinthians 13.

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Which verses does Proverbs 26:2 point to?

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  1. Numbers 23:832 votes

    How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced?

  2. because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).

  3. Psalm 109:2818 votes

    Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.

  4. For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you. Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.

  5. Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”

  6. “Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

  7. Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.” “My father has brought trouble to the land,” Jonathan replied. “Just look at how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.

  8. Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.

Which verses point to Proverbs 26:2?

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