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Proverbs 26:2
2Like a fluttering sparrow, Like a darting swallow, So the undeserved curse doesn`t come to rest.
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The flatterer operates with calculated self-interest, stripping the novice he has coaxed and living upon the deceived.
This scientific curiosity illuminates the proverb's moral force: corruption can masquerade as brilliance.
As Joseph Exell clarifies in *The Biblical Illustrator* (1887), the proverb means: "Unsteady as the sparrow, as the flight of the swallow, is a causeless curse; it cometh not to pass." Exell identifies two categories of causeless imprecations.
The Victorian scholar John Devotion, M.A., observed that genuine, unfeigned praise—bestowed for commendable conduct useful to the community—serves as a precise measure of moral and religious character.