Verse 8

Like a bird that wanders from its nest is a man who wanders from his place.

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  • Isa 16:2 : 2 Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so the daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.
  • Jonah 1:3 : 3 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa, found a ship going to Tarshish, paid the fare, and boarded it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord.
  • Jonah 1:10-16 : 10 Then the men were terrified, and they said to him, "What have you done?" For they knew he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them so. 11 Then they said to him, "What should we do to you so that the sea will calm down for us?" For the sea was growing more and more tempestuous. 12 He said to them, "Pick me up and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will calm down for you, for I know that it is because of me this great storm has come upon you." 13 Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to return to dry land, but they could not, for the sea grew increasingly stormy against them. 14 Then they cried out to the Lord, saying, "Please, Lord, do not let us perish for taking this man's life, and do not hold us accountable for innocent blood. For you, Lord, have done as you pleased." 15 They picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging. 16 Then the men feared the Lord greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows to Him.
  • 1 Cor 7:20 : 20 Each person should remain in the condition in which they were called.
  • Jude 1:13 : 13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
  • Gen 4:16 : 16 So Cain went out from the LORD’s presence and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
  • Gen 16:6-8 : 6 Abram said to Sarai, "Your maidservant is in your hands; do with her whatever you think is best." Then Sarai mistreated Hagar, and she fled from her presence. 7 The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur. 8 He said, "Hagar, Sarai's maidservant, where have you come from, and where are you going?" She answered, "I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai."
  • 1 Sam 22:5 : 5 The prophet Gad said to David, 'Do not stay in the stronghold. Go into the land of Judah.' So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.
  • 1 Sam 27:1-9 : 1 David said to himself, "One day I will perish at the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up looking for me throughout the territory of Israel, and I will be safe from him." 2 So David arose and went over with his six hundred men to Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath. 3 David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each with their households, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel. 4 When Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, he no longer pursued him. 5 Then David said to Achish, "If I have found favor in your eyes, let me have a place in one of the country towns, so that I may live there. Why should your servant remain living in the royal city with you?" 6 So that day, Achish gave him Ziklag, and it has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since. 7 David lived in Philistine territory for a year and four months. 8 Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites, for they had been living in the land from ancient times, from the route to Shur as far as the land of Egypt. 9 David attacked the land and did not leave alive a man or woman. He took sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing, and then he returned and went to Achish. 10 When Achish asked, "Where did you raid today?" David replied, "Against the Negev of Judah, against the Negev of the Jerahmeelites, and against the Negev of the Kenites." 11 David did not leave alive a man or woman to bring to Gath, for he thought, "They might inform against us, saying, 'This is what David did.'" This was his practice the whole time he lived in Philistine territory. 12 Achish trusted David and thought, "He has made himself utterly detestable to his own people Israel, and he will be my servant forever."
  • 1 Kgs 19:9 : 9 There he went into a cave and spent the night. The word of the LORD came to him, saying, 'What are you doing here, Elijah?'
  • Neh 6:11-13 : 11 But I said, "Should a man like me run away? How can someone like me enter the temple and live? I will not go!" 12 I realized that God had not sent him, but he had prophesied against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. 13 He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would commit a sin by acting this way. Then they could give me a bad name and discredit me.
  • Job 39:14-16 : 14 She leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the dust. 15 She forgets that a foot may crush them or a wild animal may trample them. 16 She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers; her labor is in vain because she has no fear.
  • Prov 21:16 : 16 A person who wanders from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
  • Prov 26:2 : 2 Like a bird fluttering or a swallow flying, so a curse without cause will not come to rest.