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Proverbs 27:8

כְּצִפּוֹר נוֹדֶדֶת מִן ־ קִנָּהּ כֵּֽן ־ אִישׁ נוֹדֵד מִמְּקוֹמֽוֹ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7נֶפֶשׁ שְׂבֵעָה תָּבוּס נֹפֶת וְנֶפֶשׁ רְעֵבָה כָּל ־ מַר מָתֽוֹק ׃

9שֶׁמֶן וּקְטֹרֶת יְשַׂמַּֽח ־ לֵב וּמֶתֶק רֵעֵהוּ מֵֽעֲצַת ־ נָֽפֶשׁ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 4:16וַיֵּצֵא קַיִן מִלִּפְנֵי יְהוָה וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּאֶֽרֶץ ־ נוֹד קִדְמַת ־ עֵֽדֶן ׃

1 Samuel 22:5וַיֹּאמֶר גָּד הַנָּבִיא אֶל ־ דָּוִד לֹא תֵשֵׁב בַּמְּצוּדָה לֵךְ וּבָֽאתָ ־ לְּךָ אֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה וַיֵּלֶךְ דָּוִד וַיָּבֹא יַעַר חָֽרֶת ׃ ס

1 Kings 11:22וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ פַרְעֹה כִּי מָה ־ אַתָּה חָסֵר עִמִּי וְהִנְּךָ מְבַקֵּשׁ לָלֶכֶת אֶל ־ אַרְצֶךָ וַיֹּאמֶר ׀ לֹא כִּי שַׁלֵּחַ תְּשַׁלְּחֵֽנִי ׃

Nehemiah 6:11וָאֹמְרָה הַאִישׁ כָּמוֹנִי יִבְרָח וּמִי כָמוֹנִי אֲשֶׁר ־ יָבוֹא אֶל ־ הַהֵיכָל וָחָי לֹא אָבֽוֹא ׃

Proverbs 21:16אָדָם תּוֹעֶה מִדֶּרֶךְ הַשְׂכֵּל בִּקְהַל רְפָאִים יָנֽוּחַ ׃

Isaiah 16:2וְהָיָה כְעוֹף ־ נוֹדֵד קֵן מְשֻׁלָּח תִּֽהְיֶינָה בְּנוֹת מוֹאָב מַעְבָּרֹת לְאַרְנֽוֹן ׃

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 →

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