Proverbs 27:8

“Such are not only out of place, but out of duty and in danger.”

“Change of place is thought of as in itself an evil. It is not easy for the man to find another home or the bird another nest. The maxim is characteristic of the earlier stages of Hebrew history, before exile and travel had made change of country a more familiar thing. Compare the feeling which made the thought of being “a fugitive and a vagabond” Genesis 4:12-13 the most terrible of all punishments. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Wandereth - That flies from place to place, whereby she is exposed to all the arts of fowlers, and to birds of prey. So - So is he who through vanity or lightness changes his abode, or his calling. Proverbs 27:10”

“27:8 A person who forsakes his family and strays from home will more likely find trouble than whatever he was seeking (e.g., Luke 15:11-16).”

“a bird: Job 39:14-16; Isa 16:2 man: Pro 21:16; Gen 4:16, Gen 16:6-8; Sa1 22:5, Sa1 27:1-12; Kg1 19:9; Neh 6:11-13; Jon 1:3, Jon 1:10-17; Co1 7:20; Jde 1:13 Proverbs 27:9”

“8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his home. It is not a flying out that is meant, from which at any moment a return is possible, but an unwilling taking to flight (lxx 8b: ὅταν ἀποξενωθῇ; Venet.: πλανούμενον ... πλανούμενος); for עוף נודד, Isa 16:2, cf. Jer 4:25, birds that have been frightened; and נדד, Pro 21:15., designates the fugitive; cf. נע ונד, Gen 4:14, and above, Pro 26:2, where נוּד designates aimless roving about. Otherwise Fleischer: "warning against unnecessary roaming about, in journeyings and wanderings far from home: as a bird far from its nest is easily wounded, caught, or killed, so, on such excursions, one easily comes to…”