Proverbs 27:8

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What does Proverbs 27:8 mean?

Proverbs 27:8 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Proverbs 27:8

• Proverbs 21:16

  The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

• Isaiah 16:2

  For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

• Jonah 1:3

  But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.

• 1 Corinthians 7:20

  Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

• Jonah 1:10-17

  Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them. Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous. And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them. …

• Genesis 16:6-8

  But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

• 1 Samuel 22:5

  And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.

• 1 Kings 19:9

  And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

• Genesis 4:16

  And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

• Proverbs 26:2

  As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

• Nehemiah 6:11-13

  And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in. And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

• Job 39:14-16

  Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

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Context

• Proverbs 27:7

  The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

• Proverbs 27:8

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

• Proverbs 27:9

  Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

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