Proverbs 27:8

As a brid passinge ouer fro his nest, so is a man that forsakith his place.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

In Context

7A man fillid schal dispise an hony coomb; but an hungri man schal take, yhe, bittir thing for swete.

9The herte delitith in oynement, and dyuerse odours; and a soule is maad swete bi the good counsels of a frend.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:16And Cayn yede out fro the face of the Lord, and dwellide fleynge aboute in erthe, at the eest coost of Eden.

1 Kings 11:22And Farao seide to hym, For of what thing hast thou nede at me, that thou sekist to go to thi lond? And he answeride, Of no thing; but Y biseche thee, that thou `delyuere me.

Proverbs 21:16A man that errith fro the weie of doctryn, schal dwelle in the cumpany of giauntis.

Isaiah 16:2And it schal be as a foule fleynge, and briddis fleynge awei fro the nest, so schulen be the douytris of Moab in the passyng ouer of Arnon.

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