Proverbs 27:8
As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 4:16Then Kain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod towarde the Eastside of Eden.
1 Samuel 22:5And the Prophet Gad sayde vnto Dauid, Abide not in the holde, but depart and goe into the land of Iudah. Then Dauid departed and came into the forest of Hareth.
1 Kings 11:22But Pharaoh saide vnto him, What hast thou lacked with me, that thou wouldest thus go to thine owne countrey? And he answered, Nothing, but in any wise let me goe.
Nehemiah 6:11Then I said, Should such a man as I, flee? Who is he, being as I am, that would go into the Temple to liue? I will not goe in.
Proverbs 21:16A man that wandreth out of the way of wisdome, shall remaine in the congregation of the dead.
Isaiah 16:2For it shall be as a birde that flieth, and a nest forsaken: the daughters of Moab shall be at the foordes 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 →