Proverbs 27:8
As a bird that wanders from her nest,so is a man who wanders from his home.
New Heart English 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
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 went out from the Lord's presence, and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
1 Samuel 22:5The prophet Gad said to David, "Do not 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 such a man as I 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 understandingshall rest in the assembly of the dead.
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 →