Proverbs 27:8

The Message

People who won’t settle down, wandering hither and yon, are like restless birds, flitting to and fro.

Cross References

Genesis 21:14

Abraham got up early the next morning, got some food together and a canteen of water for Hagar, put them on her back and sent her away with the child. She wandered off into the desert of Beersheba. When the water was gone, she left the child under a shrub and went off, fifty yards or so. She said, “I can’t watch my son die.” As she sat, she broke into sobs.

Genesis 4:16

Cain left the presence of God and lived in No-Man’s-Land, east of Eden.

1 Kings 11:22

“But why?” said Pharaoh. “Why would you want to leave here? Hasn’t everything been to your liking?” “Everything has been just fine,” said Hadad, “but I want to go home—give me a good send-off!” * * *

Proverbs 21:16

Whoever wanders off the straight and narrow ends up in a congregation of ghosts.

Proverbs 26:2

You have as little to fear from an undeserved curse as from the dart of a wren or the swoop of a swallow.

Proverbs 27:7

When you’ve stuffed yourself, you refuse dessert; when you’re starved, you could eat a horse.

Jonah 1:3

But Jonah got up and went the other direction to Tarshish, running away from God. He went down to the port of Joppa and found a ship headed for Tarshish. He paid the fare and went on board, joining those going to Tarshish—as far away from God as he could get.

1 Corinthians 7:20

Stay where you were when God called your name. Were you a slave? Slavery is no roadblock to obeying and believing. I don’t mean you’re stuck and can’t leave. If you have a chance at freedom, go ahead and take it. I’m simply trying to point out that under your new Master you’re going to experience a marvelous freedom you would never have dreamed of. On the other hand, if you were free when Christ called you, you’ll experience a delightful “enslavement to God” you would never have dreamed of.

1 Samuel 22:5

The prophet Gad told David, “Don’t go back to the cave. Go to Judah.” David did what he told him. He went to the forest of Hereth.