Proverbs 27:8
Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
Berean Standard Bible
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 soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.
9Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.
Cross References
Genesis 4:16So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
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 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.”
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!”
Proverbs 21:16The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
Isaiah 16:2Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab 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 →