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Proverbs 27

Prov. 27:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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As a bird
tsippowr (Hebrew #6833)
from 6852; a little bird (as hopping)
KJV usage: bird, fowl, sparrow.
Pronounce: tsip-pore'
Origin: or tsippor {tsip-pore'}
that wandereth
nadad (Hebrew #5074)
properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
KJV usage: chase (away), X could not, depart, flee (X apace, away), (re-)move, thrust away, wander (abroad, -er, -ing).
Pronounce: naw-dad'
Origin: a primitive root
from her nest
qen (Hebrew #7064)
a nest (as fixed), sometimes including the nestlings; figuratively, a chamber or dwelling
KJV usage: nest, room.
Pronounce: kane
Origin: contracted from 7077
, so is a man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
that wandereth
nadad (Hebrew #5074)
properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
KJV usage: chase (away), X could not, depart, flee (X apace, away), (re-)move, thrust away, wander (abroad, -er, -ing).
Pronounce: naw-dad'
Origin: a primitive root
from his place
maqowm (Hebrew #4725)
also (feminine) mqowmah {mek-o-mah'}; or mqomah {mek-o-mah'}; from 6965; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
KJV usage: country, X home, X open, place, room, space, X whither(-soever).
Pronounce: maw-kome'
Origin: or maqom {maw-kome'}
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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a bird.
Job 39:14‑16• 14For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,
 15And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them.
 16She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern. (Job 39:14‑16)
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Isa. 16:2• 2And it shall be that as a wandering bird, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon. (Isa. 16:2)
man.
Prov. 21:16• 16The man that wandereth out of the way of wisdom shall abide in the congregation of the dead. (Prov. 21:16)
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Gen. 4:16• 16And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nod, toward the east of Eden. (Gen. 4:16)
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Gen. 16:6‑8• 6And Abram said to Sarai, Behold, thy maidservant is in thy hand: do to her what is good in thine eyes. And Sarai oppressed her; and she fled from her face.
 7And the Angel of Jehovah found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.
 8And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maidservant, whence comest thou? and whither art thou going? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai. (Gen. 16:6‑8)
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1 Sam. 22:5• 5And the prophet Gad said to David, Abide not in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth. (1 Sam. 22:5)
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1 Sam. 27:1‑12• 1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me to seek me any more within all the limits of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.
 2And David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
 3And David abode with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household; David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jizreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
 4And it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath; and he sought no more for him.
 5And David said to Achish, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some country-town, that I may abide there; for why should thy servant abide in the royal city with thee?
 6And Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.
 7And the time that David abode in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.
 8And David and his men went up and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Gerzites, and the Amalekites: for those were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, and as far as the land of Egypt.
 9And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
 10So Achish said, Have ye not made a raid to-day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
 11And David left neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, for he said, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David. And such was his custom as long as he abode in the country of the Philistines.
 12And Achish trusted David, saying, He has made himself utterly odious among his people Israel; and he shall be my servant for ever. (1 Sam. 27:1‑12)
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1 Kings 19:9• 9And there he went into a cave, and lodged there. And behold, the word of Jehovah came to him, and he said to him, What doest thou here, Elijah? (1 Kings 19:9)
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Neh. 6:11‑13• 11And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, could go into the temple, and live? I will not go in.
 12And I perceived, and behold, God had not sent him; for he pronounced this prophecy against me; and Tobijah and Sanballat had hired him.
 13Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have wherewith to spread an evil report, that they might reproach me. (Neh. 6:11‑13)
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Jonah 1:3,10‑17• 3But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah; and he went down to Joppa, and 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 Jehovah.
 10Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, What is this thou hast done? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of Jehovah: for he had told them.
 11And they said unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea grew more and more tempestuous.
 12And 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 because of me this great tempest is upon you.
 13But the men rowed hard to regain the land; but they could not; for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.
 14And they cried unto Jehovah and said, Ah, Jehovah, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, Jehovah, hast done as it pleased thee.
 15And they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging.
 16And the men feared Jehovah exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto Jehovah, and made vows.
 17And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. (Jonah 1:3,10‑17)
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1 Cor. 7:20• 20Let each abide in that calling in which he has been called. (1 Cor. 7:20)
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Jude 13• 13raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shames; wandering stars, to whom has been reserved the gloom of darkness for eternity. (Jude 13)
• He who, in dependence on the Lord fills his appointed niche and maintains his proper place, shall find rich blessing; but as a bird that wanders from its nest exposes itself to danger and suffering, so is it with him who turns away from his sphere. (“Proverbs Twenty-Seven” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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