Proverbs 27:8

Easy To Read Version

A man away from home is like a bird away from its nest.

Cross References

Genesis 21:14

Early the next morning, Abraham got some food and some water. Abraham gave these things to Hagar. Hagar carried these things and left with her boy. Hagar left that place and wandered in the desert of Beersheba.

Genesis 4:16

Cain went away from the Lord. Cain lived in the land of Nod. [28]

1 Kings 11:22

But Pharaoh answered, “I have given you everything you need here! Why do you want to go back to your own country?”

1 Kings 19:9

There Elijah went into a cave and stayed all night.

Proverbs 21:16

If a person leaves the way of wisdom, then he is going toward destruction.

Proverbs 26:2

Don’t worry if a person asks for bad things to happen to you. If you did nothing wrong, nothing bad will happen. That person’s words are like birds that fly past you and never stop.

Proverbs 27:7

If you are not hungry, then you will not eat even honey. But if you are hungry, you will eat anything—even if it tastes bad.

Isaiah 16:2

The women of Moab {\cf2\super [166]} try to cross\par the river Arnon.\par They run from one place to another\par looking for help.\par They are like little birds lost on the ground\par after their nest has fallen from a tree.\par

Jonah 1:3

\{Jonah did not want to obey God,\} so Jonah tried to run away from the Lord. Jonah went to Joppa. {\cf2\super [3]} Jonah found a boat that was going to the faraway city of Tarshish. {\cf2\super [4]} Jonah paid money for the trip and went on the boat. Jonah wanted to travel with the people on this boat to Tarshish and run away from the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:20

Each person should stay the way he was when God called him.

1 Samuel 22:5

But the prophet Gad said to David, “Don’t stay in the fort. Go to the land of Judah.” So David left and went to Hereth Forest.