Proverbs 27:8

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

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Proverbs 27

2 songs meet this passage

  • “No cells and no trace, and you just a phone call away”

    If I Could Go · Angie Martinez

    strains against Proverbs 27:8

    The desire to vanish untraceably from one's normal life and relationships echoes the proverb's image of someone who wanders from their place, unsettled.

  • “My brother found work in Indiana”

    Long Time Gone · Dixie Chicks

    resonates with Proverbs 27:8

    The scattering of siblings from the family home captures the restlessness of leaving one's roots, much like this proverb's image of a wanderer far from home.

Elsewhere in Proverbs 27