'Wander' in the Bible
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.’”
The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness 40 years until the whole generation that had done what was evil in the Lord’s sight was gone.
She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.”
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.”
I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to wander from the land I gave to their ancestors if only they will be careful to do all I have commanded them—the whole law that My servant Moses commanded them.”
He deprives the world’s leaders of reason,and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
Without clothing, they wander about naked.They carry sheaves but go hungry.
Who provides the raven’s foodwhen its young cry out to Godand wander about for lack of food? >
The wicked wander everywhere,and what is worthless is exalted by the human race.
They do not know or understand;they wander in darkness.All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
He pours contempt on noblesand makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
Let his children wander as beggars,searching for food far from their demolished homes.
I have sought You with all my heart;don’t let me wander from Your commands.
You rebuke the proud,the ones under a curse,who wander from Your commands.
I wander like a lost sheep;seek Your servant,for I do not forget Your commands.
They will wander through the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged, and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.
Look at Zion, the city of our festival times.Your eyes will see Jerusalem,a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander;its tent pegs will not be pulled upnor will any of its cords be loosened.
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 guiltand punish their sins.
How the animals groan!The herds of cattle wander in confusionsince they have no pasture.Even the flocks of sheep suffer punishment.
For the idols speak falsehood,and the diviners see illusions;they relate empty dreamsand offer empty comfort.Therefore the people wander like sheep;they suffer affliction because there is no shepherd.