Proverbs 27:8
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Darby Translation
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 soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Cross References
Genesis 4:16And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nod, toward the east of Eden.
1 Samuel 22:5And the prophet Gad said to David, Abide not in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
1 Kings 11:22And Pharaoh said to him, What then dost thou lack with me, that behold, thou desirest to go to thine own country? And he said, Nothing; but in any case let me depart.
Nehemiah 6:11And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, could go into the temple, and live? I will not go in.
Proverbs 21:16The man that wandereth out of the way of wisdom shall abide in the congregation of the dead.
Isaiah 16:2And it shall be [that] as a wandering bird, [as] a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of 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 →