Proverbs 26:2
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2 Like (A)a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
(B)a curse that is causeless does not alight.
Numbers 23:8
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8 How can I curse whom God has not cursed?
How can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?
Psalm 109:28
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28 (A)Let them curse, but you will bless!
They arise and are put to shame, but (B)your servant will be glad!
Nehemiah 13:2
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2 for they did not meet the people of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them—yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.
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2 Samuel 16:12
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12 It may be that the Lord will look on the wrong done to me,[a] and that the Lord will repay me with good for his cursing today.”
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- 2 Samuel 16:12 Septuagint, Vulgate will look upon my affliction
Deuteronomy 23:4-5
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4 (A)because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way, when you came out of Egypt, and because they (B)hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of (C)Mesopotamia, to curse you. 5 But the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam; instead the Lord your God turned (D)the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loved you.
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1 Samuel 17:43
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43 And the Philistine said to David, “Am I (A)a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
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Proverbs 27:8
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8 Like (A)a bird that strays from its nest
is a man who strays from his home.
1 Samuel 14:28-29
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28 Then one of the people said, “Your father strictly charged the people with an oath, saying, ‘Cursed be the man who eats food this day.’” And the people were (A)faint. 29 Then Jonathan said, “My father has troubled the land. See how my eyes have become bright because I tasted a little of this honey.
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