2Like 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 flutteringלָ֭נוּדH5110Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructsparrowכַּצִּפּ֣וֹרH6833Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common singularor dartingלָע֑וּףH5774Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct. . .כֵּ֥ןH3651Adverbswallowכַּדְּר֣וֹרH1866Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singularan undeservedחִ֝נָּ֗םH2600Adverbcurseקִֽלְלַ֥תH7045Noun - feminine singular constructdoes notלֹאH3808Preposition | third person masculine singularcome to restתָבֹֽא׃H935Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular