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Proverbs 26:2
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Proverbs 26:2
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2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
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Proverbs 26:2
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Proverbs 26:2
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2 Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,
an undeserved curse does not come to rest.(A)
Numbers 23:8
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Numbers 23:8
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8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?
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Numbers 23:8
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Numbers 23:8
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Psalm 109:28
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Psalm 109:28
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28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
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Psalm 109:28
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Psalm 109:28
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Nehemiah 13:2
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Nehemiah 13:2
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2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
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Nehemiah 13:2
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Nehemiah 13:2
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2 because they had not met the Israelites with food and water but had hired Balaam(A) to call a curse down on them.(B) (Our God, however, turned the curse into a blessing.)(C)
2 Samuel 16:12
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2 Samuel 16:12
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12 It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day.
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2 Samuel 16:12
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2 Samuel 16:12
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12 It may be that the Lord will look upon my misery(A) and restore to me his covenant blessing(B) instead of his curse today.(C)”
Deuteronomy 23:4-5
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Deuteronomy 23:4-5
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4 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 of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
5 Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee.
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Deuteronomy 23:4-5
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Deuteronomy 23:4-5
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4 For they did not come to meet you with bread and water(A) on your way when you came out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam(B) son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim[a](C) to pronounce a curse on you.(D) 5 However, the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse(E) into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves(F) you.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 23:4 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
1 Samuel 17:43
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1 Samuel 17:43
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43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
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1 Samuel 17:43
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1 Samuel 17:43
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43 He said to David, “Am I a dog,(A) that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
Proverbs 27:8
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Proverbs 27:8
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8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
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Proverbs 27:8
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Proverbs 27:8
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8 Like a bird that flees its nest(A)
is anyone who flees from home.
1 Samuel 14:28-29
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1 Samuel 14:28-29
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28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
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1 Samuel 14:28-29
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1 Samuel 14:28-29
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28 Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the army under a strict oath, saying, ‘Cursed be anyone who eats food today!’ That is why the men are faint.”
29 Jonathan said, “My father has made trouble(A) for the country. See how my eyes brightened when I tasted a little of this honey.
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