Proverbs 27:8

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Summary

Proverbs 27:8

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

A bird

Job 39:14

Isaiah 16:2

Man

Bible References

A bird

For she will leave her eggs to the earth, and she will warm them in the dust;

And it shall be as the bird fleeing, the nest cast out, the daughters of Moab shall be from the passages to Arnon.

Man

A man wandering from the way of understanding shall rest in the convocation of the shades.

And Cain went out from the face of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nod, eastward of Eden.

And Abram will say to Sarai, Behold thy maid servant in thy hand; do to her the good in thine eyes. And Sarai shall afflict her, and she will flee from her face.

And the prophet Gad will say to David, Thou shalt not dwell in the fortress; go, and come in for thyself to the land of Judah. And David will go and come to the thicket of Hareth.

And he will go there into a cave and lodge there; and behold, the word of Jehovah to him, and he will say to him, What to thee here Elijah?

And saying, Shall a man like me flee? and who as I that shall go into the temple and live? I will not go in.

And Jonah will rise up to flee to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah, and he will go down to Joppa; and he will find a ship going to Tarshish, and be will give his hire, and he will go down in it to go with them to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah.

Each in the calling which he was called, in this let him remain.

Fierce waves of the sea, foaming out their own shames; wandering stars, to whom the obseurity of darkness has been kept forever.