Proverbs 27:8 Cross References

Proverbs 27:8

8: A person who strays from home is like a bird that strays from its nest.

Isaiah 16:2

  1. The women of Moab are left like homeless birds at the shallow crossings of the Arnon River.

Jonah 1:10

  1. Then he told them that he was running away from the LORD. The sailors were terrified when they heard this. "Oh, why did you do it?" they groaned.
  2. And since the storm was getting worse all the time, they asked him, "What should we do to you to stop this storm?"
  3. "Throw me into the sea," Jonah said, "and it will become calm again. For I know that this terrible storm is all my fault."
  4. Instead, the sailors tried even harder to row the boat ashore. But the stormy sea was too violent for them, and they couldn't make it.
  5. Then they cried out to the LORD, Jonah's God. "O LORD," they pleaded, "don't make us die for this man's sin. And don't hold us responsible for his death, because it isn't our fault. O LORD, you have sent this storm upon him for your own good reasons."

Genesis 16:6

  1. Abram replied, "Since she is your servant, you may deal with her as you see fit." So Sarai treated her harshly, and Hagar ran away.
  2. The angel of the LORD found Hagar beside a desert spring along the road to Shur.
  3. The angel said to her, "Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from, and where are you going?I am running away from my mistress," she replied.

Proverbs 21:16

  1. The person who strays from common sense will end up in the company of the dead.

1 Samuel 22:5

  1. One day the prophet Gad told David, "Leave the stronghold and return to the land of Judah." So David went to the forest of Hereth.

1 Kings 19:9

  1. There he came to a cave, where he spent the night. But the LORD said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"

1 Corinthians 7:20

  1. You should continue on as you were when God called you.

Jonah 1:3

  1. But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction in order to get away from the LORD. He went down to the seacoast, to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping that by going away to the west he could escape from the LORD.

Proverbs 26:2

  1. Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an unfair curse will not land on its intended victim.

Nehemiah 6:11

  1. But I replied, "Should someone in my position run away from danger? Should someone in my position enter the Temple to save his life? No, I won't do it!"
  2. I realized that God had not spoken to him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
  3. They were hoping to intimidate me and make me sin by following his suggestion. Then they would be able to accuse and discredit me.

Genesis 4:16

  1. So Cain left the LORD's presence and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Job 39:14

  1. She lays her eggs on top of the earth, letting them be warmed in the dust.
  2. She doesn't worry that a foot might crush them or that wild animals might destroy them.
  3. She is harsh toward her young, as if they were not her own. She is unconcerned though they die,

Jude 1:13

  1. They are like wild waves of the sea, churning up the dirty foam of their shameful deeds. They are wandering stars, heading for everlasting gloom and darkness.

1 Samuel 27:1

  1. But David kept thinking to himself, "Someday Saul is going to get me. The best thing for me to do is escape to the Philistines. Then Saul will stop hunting for me, and I will finally be safe."
  2. So David took his six hundred men and their families and went to live at Gath under the protection of King Achish.
  3. David brought his two wives along with him--Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, Nabal's widow.
  4. Word soon reached Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped hunting for him.
  5. One day David said to Achish, "If it is all right with you, we would rather live in one of the country towns instead of here in the royal city."
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