Proverbs 27:8
Like a bird that wanders from its nest 1 is a man who strays from where he lives. 1
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As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 4:16So Cain went out from the presence of Yahweh and lived in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
1 Samuel 22:5Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in your stronghold. Leave and go into the land of Judah.” So David left there and went into the forest of Hereth.
1 Kings 11:22Then Pharaoh said to him, “But what have you lacked with me, that you now seek to go to your own country?” Hadad answered, “Nothing. Please let me go.”
Nehemiah 6:11I replied, “Would a man like me run away? Would a man like me go into the temple just so he could save his own life? I will not go in!”
Proverbs 21:16The one who wanders from the way of understanding, 1 he will rest in the assembly of the dead. 1
Isaiah 16:2As wandering birds, as a scattered nest, 1 so the women of Moab are at the fords of the Arnon River. 1
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 →