Context 2Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,So a curse without cause does not alight. 3A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, 4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, 5Answer a fool as his folly deserves, 6He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence 7Like the legs which are useless to the lame, 8Like one who binds a stone in a sling, 9Like a thorn which falls into the hand of a drunkard, 10Like an archer who wounds everyone, 11Like a dog that returns to its vomit 12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? 13The sluggard says, There is a lion in the road! 14As the door turns on its hinges, 15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; 16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes 17Like one who takes a dog by the ears 18Like a madman who throws 19So is the man who deceives his neighbor, 20For lack of wood the fire goes out, 21Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, 22The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels, 23Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross 24He who hates disguises it with his lips, 25When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, 26Though his hatred covers itself with guile, 27He who digs a pit will fall into it, 28A lying tongue hates those it crushes, Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAs the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not. Douay-Rheims Bible As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man. Darby Bible Translation As the sparrow for flitting about, as the swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come. English Revised Version As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, so the curse that is causeless lighteth not. Webster's Bible Translation As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. World English Bible Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest. Young's Literal Translation As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come. Library One Lion Two Lions no Lion at AllA sermon (No. 1670) delivered on Thursday Evening, June 8th, 1882, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington, by C. H. Spurgeon. "The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets."--Proverbs 22:13. "The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets."--Proverbs 26:13. This slothful man seems to cherish that one dread of his about the lions, as if it were his favorite aversion and he felt it to be too much trouble to invent another excuse. … C.H. Spurgeon—Sermons on Proverbs The Hebrew Sages and their Proverbs We Shall not be Curious in the Ranking of the Duties in which Christian Love... Proverbs Links Proverbs 26:2 NIV • Proverbs 26:2 NLT • Proverbs 26:2 ESV • Proverbs 26:2 NASB • Proverbs 26:2 KJV • Proverbs 26:2 Bible Apps • Proverbs 26:2 Parallel • Bible Hub |