Proverbs 27:8

God's Word

Like a bird wandering from its nest, so is a husband wandering from his home.

Cross References

Genesis 21:14

Early the next morning Abraham took bread and a container of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder. He also gave her the boy and sent her on her way. So she left and wandered around in the desert near Beersheba.

Genesis 4:16

Then Cain left the Lord’s presence and lived in Nod [The Land of Wandering], east of Eden.

1 Kings 11:22

Pharaoh asked him, “What don’t you have here that makes you eager to go home?” “Nothing,” he said. “But let me leave anyway.”

1 Kings 19:9

There he went into a cave and spent the night. Then the Lord spoke his word to Elijah. He asked, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

Proverbs 21:16

A person who wanders from the way of wise behavior will rest in the assembly of the dead.

Proverbs 26:2

Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so a hastily spoken curse does not come to rest.

Proverbs 27:7

One who is full despises honey, but to one who is hungry, even bitter food tastes sweet.

Isaiah 16:2

Moab’s daughters are like fluttering birds, like scattered nestlings, at the shallow crossings of the Arnon River.

Jonah 1:3

Jonah immediately tried to run away from the Lord by going to Tarshish. He went to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. He paid for the trip and went on board. He wanted to go to Tarshish to get away from the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:20

All people should stay as they were when they were called.

Jude 1:13

Their shame is like the foam on the wild waves of the sea. They are wandering stars for whom gloomy darkness is kept forever.

1 Samuel 22:5

“Don’t live in your fortified camp,” the prophet Gad told David. “Go to the land of Judah.” So David went to the forest of Hereth.