Proverbs 26:2
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2 Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
an undeserved curse goes nowhere.(A)
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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8 How can I curse whom God has not cursed?
How can I denounce those whom the Lord has not denounced?(A)
Numbers 23:8
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Psalm 109:28
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28 Let them curse, but you will bless.
Let my assailants be put to shame;[a] may your servant be glad.(A)
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- 109.28 Gk: Heb They have risen up and have been put to shame
Psalm 109:28
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Nehemiah 13:2
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2 because they did not meet the Israelites with bread and water but hired Balaam against them to curse them—yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.(A)
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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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12 It may be that the Lord will look on my distress,[a] and the Lord will repay me with good for this cursing of me today.”(A)
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- 16.12 Gk Vg: Heb iniquity
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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4 because they did not meet you with food and water on your journey out of Egypt and because they hired against you Balaam son of Beor, from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you. 5 (Yet the Lord your God refused to heed Balaam; the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loved you.)
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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.
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- Deuteronomy 23:4 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
1 Samuel 17:43
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43 The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.(A)
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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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8 Like a bird that strays from its nest
is one who strays from home.
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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28 Then one of the soldiers said, “Your father strictly charged the troops with an oath, saying, ‘Cursed be anyone who eats food this day.’ And so the troops are faint.” 29 Then Jonathan said, “My father has troubled the land; see how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.(A)
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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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