Proverbs 27:8

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

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, (so is) a man that wandereth from his place. The bird, by needless As a bird that wandereth from her nest, (so is) a man that wandereth from his place. The bird, by needless wanderings, is in danger of losing her nest and her young: she is safe only by keeping to her nest. So a man, leaving his place or sphere without the plain call of Providence (; ; ), is endangering himself. Israel lost nothing by delay, and "keeping the charge of the Lord, and not journeying" when the cloud abode in the tabernacle (). The restless man carries the root of discontent with him wherever he goes. He who, when he meets any discomfort where he is, or sees any advantage elsewhere, leaves his place, generally meets greater evils where he goes, either temporally or spiritually, or both. Tossing to and fro is the mark of disease: quiet composure and contentment, of soundness (). Dinah was safe until she "went out to see the daughters of the land" (; ).