OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 27:8

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As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.

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Verse 8. Place, or vocation, like the prodigal son, Lu. 15. The Israelites were much attached to their own country, where they might practise the true religion. Calmet.

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