Proverbs 27:8

New Century Version

A person who leaves his home is like a bird that leaves its nest.

Cross References

Genesis 21:14

Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a leather bag full of water. He gave them to Hagar and sent her away. Carrying these things and her son, Hagar went and wandered in the desert of Beersheba.

Genesis 4:16

So Cain went away from the Lord and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

1 Kings 11:22

“Why do you want to go back to your own country?” the king asked. “What haven’t I given you here?” “Nothing,” Hadad answered, “but please, let me go.”

1 Kings 19:9

There Elijah went into a cave and stayed all night. Then the Lord spoke his word to him: “Elijah! Why are you here?”

Proverbs 21:16

Whoever does not use good sense will end up among the dead.

Proverbs 26:2

Curses will not harm someone who is innocent; they are like sparrows or swallows that fly around and never land.

Proverbs 27:7

When you are full, not even honey tastes good, but when you are hungry, even something bitter tastes sweet.

Isaiah 16:2

The women of Moab try to cross the river Arnon like little birds that have fallen from their nest.

Jonah 1:3

But Jonah got up to run away from the Lord by going to Tarshish. He went to the city of Joppa, where he found a ship that was going to the city of Tarshish. Jonah paid for the trip and went aboard, planning to go to Tarshish to run away from the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:20

Each one of you should stay the way you were when God called you.

Jude 1:13

They are like wild waves of the sea, tossing up their own shameful actions like foam. They are like stars that wander in the sky. A place in the blackest darkness has been kept for them forever.

1 Samuel 22:5

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