Proverbs 27:8
As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.
Young's Literal Translation
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 satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And [to] a hungry soul every bitter thing [is] sweet.
Cross References
Genesis 4:16And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden;
1 Samuel 22:5And Gad the prophet saith unto David, 'Thou dost not abide in a fortress, go, and thou hast entered for thee the land of Judah;' and David goeth and entereth the forest of Hareth.
1 Kings 11:22And Pharaoh saith to him, 'But, what art thou lacking with me, that lo, thou art seeking to go unto thine own land?' and he saith, 'Nay, but thou dost certainly send me away.'
Nehemiah 6:11And I say, 'A man such as I — doth he flee? and who as I, that doth go in unto the temple, and live? — I do not go in.'
Proverbs 21:16A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.
Isaiah 16:2And it hath come to pass, As a wandering bird, a nest cast out, Are daughters of Moab, [at] fords 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 →