Proverbs 26:2
Verse 2 of 28. The 26th of 31 chapters in Proverbs, in Poetry and Wisdom.
1As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
2As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
Proverbs 26:2 in the World English Bible
Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.Read Proverbs 26:2 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:2
Here is, 1. The folly of passion. It makes men scatter causeless curses, wishing ill to others upon presumption that they are bad and have done ill, when either they mistake the person or misunderstand the fact, or they call evil good and good evil. Give honour to a fool, and he thunders out his anathemas against all that he is disgusted with, right or wrong.
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