Proverbs 27:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When you are far from home, you feel like a bird without a nest.

Cross References

Genesis 21:14

Early the next morning Abraham gave Hagar an animal skin full of water and some bread. Then he put the boy on her shoulder and sent them away. They wandered around in the desert near Beersheba,

Genesis 4:16

But Cain had to go far from the LORD and live in the Land of Wandering, which is east of Eden.

1 Kings 11:22

“Why?” asked the king. “Do you want something I haven't given you?” “No, I just want to go home.”

1 Kings 19:9

and he spent the night there in a cave. While Elijah was on Mount Sinai, the LORD asked, “Elijah, why are you here?”

Proverbs 21:16

If you stop using good sense, you will find yourself in the grave.

Proverbs 26:2

A curse you don't deserve will take wings and fly away like a sparrow or a swallow.

Proverbs 27:7

If you have had enough to eat, honey doesn't taste good, but if you are really hungry, you will eat anything.

Isaiah 16:2

The women of Moab crossing the River Arnon are like a flock of birds scattered from their nests.

Jonah 1:3

Instead, Jonah ran from the LORD. He went to the seaport of Joppa and bought a ticket on a ship that was going to Spain. Then he got on the ship and sailed away to escape.

1 Corinthians 7:20

So don't try to change what you were when God chose you.

Jude 1:13

Their shameful deeds show up like foam on wild ocean waves. They are like wandering stars for ever doomed to the darkest pits of hell.

1 Samuel 22:5

One day the prophet Gad told David, “Don't stay here! Go back to Judah.” David then left and went to Hereth Forest.