Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,
    an undeserved curse does not come to rest.(A)

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Like a (A)sparrow in its [a]flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
So a (B)curse without cause does not come to rest.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:2 Lit wandering

17 Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears
    is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.

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17 Like one who takes a dog by the ears,
So is one who passes by and [a]meddles with (A)strife not belonging to him.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:17 Lit infuriates himself