2 Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 26:2
Fools, Sluggards, Quarrels, Gossip, Deceitful Speech, and the Ruin of Unrestrained Folly
The chapter moves from an extended warning about fools, to the self-deception of sluggards, to the danger of meddling and harmful joking, to gossip as conflict fuel, and finally to the concealed malice of lying and flattering speech.
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Verse 2
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Like a fluttering לָ֭נוּד H5110 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct sparrow כַּצִּפּ֣וֹר H6833 Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common singular or darting לָע֑וּף H5774 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct . . . כֵּ֥ן H3651 Adverb swallow כַּדְּר֣וֹר H1866 Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular an undeserved חִ֝נָּ֗ם H2600 Adverb curse קִֽלְלַ֥ת H7045 Noun - feminine singular construct does not לֹא H3808 Preposition | third person masculine singular come to rest תָבֹֽא׃ H935 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular