Proverbs 27:8

New Century Version

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

Cross References

Isaiah 16:2

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

Proverbs 21:16

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

1 Corinthians 7:20

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

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 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?”

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.

Proverbs 26:2

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

Genesis 4:16

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

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.

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.

Proverbs 27:7

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

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.”