Wandering


Webster's New World College Dictionary:
"wander ... to move or go about aimlessly, without plan or fixed destination; ramble; roam ... to go astray in mind or purpose ... to move idly from one object to another: said of the eyes, a glance, the hands, etc."
"wanderlust ... an impulse, longing, or urge to wander."

Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary:
"wander ... to follow a winding course ... to deviate ... to go astray morally."
"wandering ... movement away from the proper, normal, or usual course or place."
"wanderlust ... strong or unconquerable longing for or impulse toward wandering."


Psalms 119:10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

Proverbs 17:24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in [NIV: wander to] the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 21:16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

Proverbs 27:8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

Ecclesiastes 6:9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Jeremiah 14:10 Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

1 Timothy 5:11 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
12 Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.


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