Proverbs 27:8
Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
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a bird

Job 39:14-16
For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand. . . .

Isaiah 16:2
Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:

man

Proverbs 21:16
The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.

Genesis 14:16
He retrieved all the goods, as well as his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the rest of the people.

Genesis 16:6-8
"Here, " said Abram, "your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her." Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her. . . .

1 Samuel 22:5
Then the prophet Gad said to David, "Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart and go into the land of Judah." So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.

1 Samuel 27:1
David, however, said to himself, "One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand."

1 Kings 19:9
There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"

Nehemiah 6:11-13
But I replied, "Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!" . . .

Jonah 1:3, 10-17
Jonah, however, got up and fled to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. . . .

1 Corinthians 7:20
Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.

Jude 1:13
They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Like a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his home.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A man wandering from his home is like a bird wandering from its nest.

International Standard Version
Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders away from his home.

NET Bible
Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Like a bird that leaves its nest, so is a man that is removed from his place.
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