Proverbs 27:8 (BSB)

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

From Proverbs 27. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 27:8

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 27:8: Note, 1. There are many that do not know when they are well off, but are uneasy with their present condition, and given to change. God, in his providence, has appointed them a place fit for them and has made it comfortable to them; but they affect unsettledness; they love to wander; they are glad of a pretence to go abroad, and do not care...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 27:8: Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart,.... Meaning not the holy anointing oil for sacred use, or the perfume or incense offered on the altar of incense; but common oil or ointment used at entertainments, poured on the heads of the guests; and incense in censing of rooms, which were very delightful, pleased the senses, and so exhilarated the heart; so doth the sweetness of a...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 27:8: Such are not only out of place, but out of duty and in danger.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 27:8: Pro 27:8 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.