39 Bible Verses about Wanderers

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James 5:19-20

My brothers, if any among you strays from the truth, and someone turns him back, let him know that whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his life from death and cover a multitude of sins.

Genesis 4:14

Since You are banishing me today from the soil, and I must hide myself from Your presence and become a restless wanderer on the earth, whoever finds me will kill me.”

Hosea 9:17

My God will reject them
because they have not listened to Him;
they will become wanderers among the nations.

Psalm 119:176

I wander like a lost sheep;
seek Your servant,
for I do not forget Your commands.

Proverbs 21:16

The man who strays from the way of wisdom
will come to rest
in the assembly of the departed spirits.

Proverbs 27:8

A man wandering from his home
is like a bird wandering from its nest.

Jeremiah 50:6

My people are lost sheep;
their shepherds have led them astray,
guiding them the wrong way in the mountains.
They have wandered from mountain to hill;
they have forgotten their resting place.

Ezekiel 34:6

My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the whole face of the earth, and there was no one searching or seeking for them.

Jude 1:13

wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever!

Genesis 4:12-14

If you work the ground, it will never again give you its yield. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.” But Cain answered the Lord, “My punishment is too great to bear! Since You are banishing me today from the soil, and I must hide myself from Your presence and become a restless wanderer on the earth, whoever finds me will kill me.”

Genesis 4:12

If you work the ground, it will never again give you its yield. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”

Deuteronomy 26:5

You are to respond by saying in the presence of the Lord your God:

My father was a wandering Aramean. He went down to Egypt with a few people and lived there. There he became a great, powerful, and populous nation.

Genesis 21:14

Early in the morning Abraham got up, took bread and a waterskin, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her and the boy away. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beer-sheba.

Genesis 37:15

A man found him there, wandering in the field, and asked him, “What are you looking for?”

Lamentations 4:15

ס Samek“Stay away! Unclean!” people shouted at them.
“Away, away! Don’t touch us!”
So they wandered aimlessly.
It was said among the nations,
“They can stay here no longer.”

1 Chronicles 16:20

wandering from nation to nation
and from one kingdom to another,

Psalm 105:13

wandering from nation to nation
and from one kingdom to another,

Hebrews 11:38

The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and on mountains, hiding in caves and holes in the ground.

Genesis 8:7

and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.

Lamentations 3:19

ז ZayinRemember my affliction and my homelessness,
the wormwood and the poison.

Psalm 56:8

You Yourself have recorded my wanderings.
Put my tears in Your bottle.
Are they not in Your records?

2 Samuel 15:20

Besides, you only arrived yesterday; should I make you wander around with us today while I go wherever I can? Go back and take your brothers with you. May the Lord show you kindness and faithfulness.”

Genesis 20:13

So when God had me wander from my father’s house, I said to her: Show your loyalty to me wherever we go and say about me: ‘He’s my brother.’”

Zechariah 10:2

For the idols speak falsehood,
and the diviners see illusions;
they relate empty dreams
and offer empty comfort.
Therefore the people wander like sheep;
they suffer affliction because there is no shepherd.

Job 12:24

He deprives the world’s leaders of reason,
and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

Psalm 107:40

He pours contempt on nobles
and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

Lamentations 1:7

ז ZayinDuring the days of her affliction and homelessness
Jerusalem remembers all her precious belongings
that were hers in days of old.
When her people fell into the adversary’s hand,
she had no one to help.
The adversaries looked at her,
laughing over her downfall.

Jeremiah 14:10

This is what the Lord says concerning these people:

Truly they love to wander;
they never rest their feet.
So the Lord does not accept them.
Now He will remember their guilt
and punish their sins.

Job 1:7

The Lord asked Satan, “Where have you come from?”

“From roaming through the earth,” Satan answered Him, “and walking around on it.”

Job 2:2

The Lord asked Satan, “Where have you come from?”

“From roaming through the earth,” Satan answered Him, “and walking around on it.”

Proverbs 7:11

She is loud and defiant;
her feet do not stay at home.

Acts 19:13

Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists attempted to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I command you by the Jesus that Paul preaches!”

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