Proverbs 27:8

Like a bird that wanders from her nest [with its comfort and safety],
So is a man who wanders from his home.

Isaiah 16:2

For like wandering birds or scattered nestlings,
The daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the [river] Arnon.

Genesis 4:16

So Cain went away from the [manifested] presence of the Lord, and lived in the land of Nod [wandering in exile], east of Eden.

But Abram said to Sarai, “Look, your maid is entirely in your hands and subject to your authority; do as you please with her.” So Sarai treated her harshly and humiliated her, and Hagar fled from her.

1 Samuel 22:5

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

1 Samuel 27:1-12

But David said in his heart, “Now I will die one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me inside the borders of Israel, and I will escape from his hand [once and for all].”

1 Kings 19:9

There he came to a cave and spent the night in it; and behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and He said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

Nehemiah 6:11-13

But I said, “Should a man like me flee [in fear and hide]? Should someone like me enter the temple [for sanctuary] to save his life? I will not go.”

Job 39:14-16

For she leaves her eggs on the ground
And warms them in the dust,

Proverbs 21:16

A man who wanders from the way of understanding (godly wisdom)
Will remain in the assembly of the dead.

Proverbs 26:2

Like the sparrow in her wandering, like the swallow in her flying,
So the curse without cause does not come and alight [on the undeserving].

Jonah 1:3

But Jonah ran away to Tarshish to escape from the presence of the Lord [and his duty as His prophet]. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish [the most remote of the Phoenician trading cities]. So he paid the fare and went down into the ship to go with them to Tarshish away from the presence of the Lord.

Jonah 1:10-17

Then the men became extremely frightened and said to him, “How could you do this?” For the men knew that he was running from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.

1 Corinthians 7:20

Each one should remain in the condition in which he was [when he was] called.

Jude 1:13

wild waves of the sea, flinging up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of deep darkness has been reserved forever.

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