Proverbs 27:8
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
World Messianic Bible British
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 full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
9Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
Cross References
Genesis 4:16Cain left the LORD’s presence, and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
1 Samuel 22:5The prophet Gad said to David, “Don’t stay in the stronghold. Depart, and go into the land of Judah.” Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.
1 Kings 11:22Then Pharaoh said to him, “But what have you lacked with me, that behold, you seek to go to your own country?” He answered, “Nothing, however only let me depart.”
Nehemiah 6:11I said, “Should a man like me flee? Who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.”
Proverbs 21:16The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.
Isaiah 16:2For it will be that as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so will 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 →