Proverbs 27:8

Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.

Cross References (14)

  • Isaiah 16:2 (6)

    Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:

  • 1 Corinthians 7:20 (6)

    Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.

  • Jonah 1:10–17 (6)

    Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew that he was fleeing from the pres

  • Proverbs 21:16 (6)

    The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.

  • Jonah 1:3 (6)

    Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship b

  • Genesis 16:6–8 (5)

    “Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly

  • 1 Samuel 22:5 (4)

    Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart and go into the land of Judah.” So David left

  • 1 Kings 19:9 (4)

    There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here,

  • Job 39:14–16 (3)

    For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.

  • Proverbs 26:2 (3)

    Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

  • Genesis 4:16 (3)

    So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

  • Nehemiah 6:11–13 (3)

    But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go

  • Jude 1:13 (2)

    They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserve

  • 1 Samuel 27:1–12 (1)

    David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing bette