Proverbs 27:8
Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
In Context
7The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.
9Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.
Cross References
Genesis 4:16And Cain went away from before the face of the Lord, and made his living-place in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.
1 Samuel 22:5And the prophet Gad said to David, Do not go on living in this place but go into the land of Judah. Then David went away and came to the woodland of Hereth.
1 Kings 11:22But Pharaoh said to him, What have you been short of while you have been with me, that you are desiring to go back to your country? And he said, Nothing; but even so, send me back.
Nehemiah 6:11And I said, Am I the sort of man to go in flight? what man, in my position, would go into the Temple to keep himself safe? I will not go in.
Proverbs 21:16The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades.
Isaiah 16:2For the daughters of Moab will be like wandering birds, like a place from which the young birds have gone in flight, at the ways across the Arnon.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:8
7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. Solomon here, as often in this book, shows that the poor have in some respects the advantage of the rich; for, 1. They have a better relish of their enjoyments than the rich have. Hunger is the best sauce. Coarse fare, with a good appetite to it has a sensible pleasantness in it, which those are strangers to whose hearts are overcharged with surfeiting. Those that fare sumptuously every day nauseate even delicate food, as… Read the whole commentary →