Proverbs 27:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Anyone wandering from his home is like a bird wandering from its nest.

Cross References

Isaiah 16:2

Like a bird fleeing, forced from the nest, the daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.

Proverbs 21:16

The person who strays from the way of prudence will come to rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.

1 Corinthians 7:20

Let each of you remain in the situation  in which he was called.

Jonah 1:3

Jonah got up to flee to Tarshish  from the Lord’s presence.  He went down  to Joppa  and found a ship going to Tarshish. He paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the Lord’s presence.

1 Kings 19:9

He entered a cave  there and spent the night. Suddenly, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said to him, ‘What are you doing here, Elijah? ’

1 Samuel 22:5

Then the prophet Gad  said to David, ‘Don’t stay in the stronghold. Leave and return to the land of Judah.’ So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.

Proverbs 26:2

Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow, an undeserved curse goes nowhere.

Genesis 4:16

Then Cain went out from the Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod,  east of Eden.

Jude 1:13

They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars  for whom the blackness of darkness  is reserved for ever.

Genesis 21:14

Early in the morning Abraham got up, took bread and a waterskin, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her and the boy away. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beer-sheba.

Proverbs 27:7

A person who is full tramples on a honeycomb, but to a hungry person, any bitter thing is sweet.

1 Kings 11:22

But Pharaoh asked him, ‘What do you lack here with me for you to want to go back to your own country? ’ ‘Nothing,’ he replied, ‘but please let me leave.’