41 Verses About Wander from 17 Books

2 Kings 21:8

neither will I cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them."

Amos 8:12

They will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will run back and forth to seek the word of the LORD, and will not find it.

Deuteronomy 27:18

'Cursed is he who makes the blind to wander out of the way.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ezekiel 34:6

My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill: yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth; and there was none who searched or sought.

Genesis 4:12

From now on, when you till the ground, it won't yield its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth."

Genesis 4:14

Behold, you have driven me out this day from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. It will happen that whoever finds me will kill me."



Genesis 20:13

It happened, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, 'This is your kindness which you shall show to me. Everywhere that we go, say of me, "He is my brother."'"

Genesis 21:14

Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder; and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Genesis 37:15

A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, "What are you looking for?"

Hebrews 11:38

(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.

Hosea 7:13

Woe to them! For they have wandered from me. Destruction to them! For they have trespassed against me. Though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

Hosea 8:9

For they have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has hired lovers for himself.

Hosea 9:17

My God will cast them away, because they did not listen to him; and they will be wanderers among the nations.



Isaiah 16:2

For it will be that as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so will the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.

Isaiah 16:8

For the fields of Heshbon languish with the vine of Sibmah. The lords of the nations have broken down its choice branches, which reached even to Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness. Its shoots were spread abroad. They passed over the sea.

Isaiah 47:15

Thus shall the things be to you in which you have labored: those who have trafficked with you from your youth shall wander everyone to his quarter; there shall be none to save you.

Isaiah 49:21

Then you will say in your heart, 'Who has conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering back and forth? Who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?'"

James 5:19

Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back,

Jeremiah 14:10

Thus says the LORD to this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore the LORD does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

Jeremiah 49:30

Flee, wander far off, dwell in the depths, you inhabitants of Hazor, says the LORD; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you.



Job 12:24

He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

Job 15:23

He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

Job 18:8

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.

Job 38:41

Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?

Jude 1:13

wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.

Lamentations 4:14

They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men can't touch their garments.

Lamentations 4:15

Depart! they cried to them, Unclean! depart, depart, don't touch! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more live [here].



Numbers 14:33

Your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your prostitution, until your dead bodies be consumed in the wilderness.

Numbers 32:13

the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander back and forth in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, who had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 21:16

The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead.

Proverbs 27:8

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

Psalms 55:7

Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness." Selah.

Psalms 56:8

You number my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle. Aren't they in your book?



Psalms 59:15

They shall wander up and down for food, and wait all night if they aren't satisfied.

Psalms 107:4

They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.

Psalms 107:40

He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.

Psalms 109:10

Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.

Psalms 119:10

With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don't let me wander from your commandments.

Psalms 119:21

You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.





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