Proverbs 27:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.”
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“Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.”
King James Version · Public Domain“As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“As a bird wandering from her nest, So <FI>is<Fi> a man wandering from his place.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 27:8 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 4:16So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
- Genesis 16:6“Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.
- 1 Samuel 22:5Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart and go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.
- 1 Samuel 27:1David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
- 1 Kings 11:22But Pharaoh asked him, “What have you lacked here with me that you suddenly want to go back to your own country?” “Nothing,” Hadad replied, “but please let me go.”
- 1 Kings 19:9There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
- Nehemiah 6:11But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”
- Job 39:14For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.
- Proverbs 21:16The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
- Proverbs 26:2Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
- Isaiah 16:2Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
- Jonah 1:3Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.
- Jonah 1:10Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
- 1 Corinthians 7:20Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.
- Jude 1:13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
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