Proverbs 27:8

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Like a bird that strays from its nest, is a man who strays from his home.

Cross References

Genesis 21:14

So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

Genesis 4:16

Then Cain went away from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

1 Kings 11:22

But Pharaoh said to him, “What have you lacked with me that you are now seeking to go to your own country?” And he said to him, “Only let me go.”

1 Kings 19:9

And there he came to a cave, and lodged there; and behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

Proverbs 21:16

A man who wanders from the way of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.

Proverbs 26:2

Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight.

Proverbs 27:7

He who is sated loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.

Isaiah 16:2

Like fluttering birds, like scattered nestlings, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.

Jonah 1:3

But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went on board, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:20

Every one should remain in the state in which he was called.

Jude 1:13

wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.

1 Samuel 22:5

Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not remain in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah.” So David departed, and went into the forest of Hereth.