"As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come."
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Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.
As the sparrow for flitting about, as the swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come.
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
Like a fluttering sparrow, Like a darting swallow, So the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest.
As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.