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Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
    an undeserved curse goes nowhere.(A)

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Like a fluttering sparrow
    or a swallow in flight,
        a curse without cause will not alight.

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17 Like someone who takes a passing dog by the ears
    is one who meddles in the quarrel of another.(A)

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17 Picking up a dog by the ears—
    that’s what someone is like who[a] meddles in another’s fight.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:17 Lit. who, as he is passing by,