Proverbs 27:8

Catholic Public Domain Version

Just like a bird migrating from her nest, so also is a man who abandons his place.

Cross References

Genesis 21:14

And so Abraham arose in the morning, and taking bread and a skin of water, he placed it upon her shoulder, and he handed over the boy, and he released her. And when she had departed, she wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Genesis 4:16

And so Cain, departing from the face of the Lord, lived as a fugitive on the earth, toward the eastern region of Eden.

1 Kings 11:22

And Pharaoh said to him, "But what is lacking to you with me, so that you would seek to go to your own land?" But he responded: "Nothing. Yet I beg you that you may release me."

1 Kings 19:9

And when he had arrived there, he stayed in a cave. And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"

Proverbs 21:16

A man who wanders astray from the way of doctrine will linger in the company of the giants.

Proverbs 26:2

Like a bird flying away to another place, and like a sparrow that hurries away freely, so also a curse uttered against someone without cause will pass away.

Proverbs 27:7

A sated soul will trample the honeycomb. And a hungry soul will accept even bitter in place of sweet.

Isaiah 16:2

And this shall be: like a bird fleeing away, and like fledglings flying from the nest, so will the daughters of Moab be at the passage of Arnon.

Jonah 1:3

And Jonah rose in order to flee from the face of the Lord to Tarshish. And he went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. And he paid its fare, and he went down into it, in order to go with them to Tarshish from the face of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:20

Let each and every one remain in the same calling to which he was called.

Jude 1:13

raging waves of the sea, foaming from their own confusion; wandering stars, for whom the whirlwind of darkness has been reserved forever!

1 Samuel 22:5

And the prophet Gad said to David: "Do not choose to stay in the stronghold. Set out and go into the land of Judah." And so, David set out, and he went into the forest of Hereth.