Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced?
because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (alt
Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.
For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in
Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”
“Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats