Proverbs 27:8

New International Version

Like a bird that flees its nest is anyone who flees from home.

Cross References

Isaiah 16:2

Like fluttering birds pushed from the nest, so are the women of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.

Proverbs 21:16

Whoever strays from the path of prudence comes to rest in the company of the dead.

1 Corinthians 7:20

Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.

Jonah 1:3

But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord.

1 Kings 19:9

There he went into a cave and spent the night. And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

1 Samuel 22:5

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

Proverbs 26:2

Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

Genesis 4:16

So 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 shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

Genesis 21:14

Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.

Proverbs 27:7

One who is full loathes honey from the comb, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.

1 Kings 11:22

“What have you lacked here that you want to go back to your own country?” Pharaoh asked. “Nothing,” Hadad replied, “but do let me go!”