Proverbs 27:8
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
In Context
9Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.
Cross References
Genesis 4:16And Cain went out from the face of the Lord, and dwelt as a fugitive on the earth, at the east side of Eden.
1 Samuel 22:5And Gad the prophet said to David: Abide not in the hold, depart, and go into the land of Juda. And David departed, and came into the forest of Haret.
1 Kings 11:22And Pharao said to him: Why, what is wanting to thee with me, that thou seekest to go to thy own country? But he answered: Nothing: yet I beseech thee to let me go.
Nehemiah 6:11And I said: Should such a man as I Bee? and who is there that being as I am, would go into the temple, to save his life? I will not go in.
Proverbs 21:16A man that shall wander out of the way of doctrine, shall abide in the company of the giants.
Isaiah 16:2And it shall come to pass, that as a bird fleeing away, and as young ones flying out of the nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be in the passage of 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 →