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It can imply physical movement, as well as spiritual or moral deviation. In Scripture, wandering is frequently associated with a lack of direction, purpose, or faithfulness to God’s commands.<br><br><b>Old Testament References:</b><br>In the Old Testament, the concept of wandering is vividly illustrated in the narrative of the Israelites' journey through the wilderness. After their exodus from Egypt, the Israelites wandered in the desert for forty years due to their disobedience and lack of faith in God’s promises. <a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Numbers 14:33</a> states, "Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years and bear the brunt of your unfaithfulness until your bodies lie scattered in the wilderness."<br><br>The theme of wandering is also present in the wisdom literature. <a href="/proverbs/21-16.htm">Proverbs 21:16</a> warns, "The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead." Here, wandering is metaphorically linked to straying from wisdom and understanding, leading to spiritual death.<br><br><b>New Testament References:</b><br>In the New Testament, wandering is often used to describe spiritual deviation or apostasy. The Epistle of James addresses the issue of wandering from the truth. <a href="/james/5-19.htm">James 5:19-20</a> exhorts believers, "My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins."<br><br>The parable of the lost sheep, found in <a href="/matthew/18-12.htm">Matthew 18:12-14</a> and <a href="/luke/15-3.htm">Luke 15:3-7</a>, illustrates God's concern for those who wander away. The shepherd leaves the ninety-nine sheep to find the one that has strayed, symbolizing God's relentless pursuit of those who have wandered from His fold.<br><br><b>Spiritual Implications:</b><br>Wandering, in a spiritual sense, often signifies a departure from God’s will and commandments. It can result from doubt, temptation, or rebellion. The Bible consistently calls believers to remain steadfast in their faith and to avoid the pitfalls of spiritual wandering. <a href="/hebrews/3-10.htm">Hebrews 3:10</a> reflects on the Israelites' wandering hearts: "Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’"<br><br><b>Moral and Ethical Considerations:</b><br>The Bible encourages believers to seek God’s guidance and to walk in His ways to avoid the dangers of wandering. <a href="/psalms/119-10.htm">Psalm 119:10</a> expresses a heartfelt plea, "With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments." This verse underscores the importance of intentionality in one’s spiritual journey and the need for divine assistance to remain on the right path.<br><br><b>Conclusion:</b><br>While the Bible acknowledges the human tendency to wander, it also offers hope and redemption for those who return to God. The overarching message is one of God’s faithfulness and the call for believers to remain true to His word, avoiding the spiritual and moral pitfalls of wandering.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>v. i.</I>) To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields.<p>2. (<I>v. i.</I>) To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.<p>3. (<I>v. i.</I>) To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; to rave; as, the mind wanders.<p>4. (<I>v. t.</I>) To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/4105.htm"><span class="l">4105. planao -- to cause to <b>wander</b>, to <b>wander</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> to cause to <b>wander</b>, to <b>wander</b>. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: planao Phonetic<br> Spelling: (plan-ah'-o) Short Definition: I lead astray, deceive Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4105.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 9k</font><p><a href="/greek/1624.htm"><span class="l">1624. ektrepo -- to turn away</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to turn away. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ektrepo Phonetic Spelling:<br> (ek-trep'-o) Short Definition: I turn aside, <b>wander</b>, forsake Definition: (lit: I <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1624.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/635.htm"><span class="l">635. apoplanao -- to cause to go astray</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to cause to go astray. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: apoplanao Phonetic<br> Spelling: (ap-op-lan-ah'-o) Short Definition: I cause to <b>wander</b> astray, have <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/635.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/4108.htm"><span class="l">4108. planos -- wandering, leading astray (adjective), a deceiver <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Cognate: 4108 (a substantival adjective, derived from 4105 , "<b>wander</b>") -- a deceiver,<br> trying to get others to also veer off God's course (path of safety). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4108.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/4107.htm"><span class="l">4107. planetes -- a wanderer</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Cognate: 4107 (a masculine noun derived from 4105 , "to <b>wander</b>") -- properly, a<br> wandering star (planet); (figuratively) a false teacher, operating without <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4107.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/5074.htm"><span class="l">5074. nadad -- to retreat, flee, depart, stray, <b>wander</b>, flutter</span></a><br><b>...</b> nadad. 5075 . to retreat, flee, depart, stray, <b>wander</b>, flutter. Transliteration:<br> nadad Phonetic Spelling: (naw-dad') Short Definition: fled. Word Origin a prim <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5074.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5110.htm"><span class="l">5110. nud -- to move to and fro, <b>wander</b>, flutter, show grief</span></a><br><b>...</b> nud. 5111 . to move to and fro, <b>wander</b>, flutter, show grief. Transliteration:<br> nud Phonetic Spelling: (nood) Short Definition: mourn. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5110.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2937.htm"><span class="l">2937. taah -- to <b>wander</b>, stray</span></a><br><b>...</b> to <b>wander</b>, stray. Transliteration: taah Phonetic Spelling: (taw-aw') Short Definition:<br> misled. <b>...</b> root Definition to <b>wander</b>, stray NASB Word Usage misled (1). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2937.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7300.htm"><span class="l">7300. rud -- to <b>wander</b> restlessly, roam</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7299, 7300. rud. 7301 . to <b>wander</b> restlessly, roam. Transliteration: rud Phonetic<br> Spelling: (rood) Short Definition: restless. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7300.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/732.htm"><span class="l">732. arach -- to <b>wander</b>, journey, go</span></a><br><b>...</b> 731, 732. arach. 733 . to <b>wander</b>, journey, go. Transliteration: arach Phonetic<br> Spelling: (aw-rakh') Short Definition: goes. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/732.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6813.htm"><span class="l">6813. tsaan -- to <b>wander</b>, travel</span></a><br><b>...</b> to <b>wander</b>, travel. Transliteration: tsaan Phonetic Spelling: (tsaw-an') Short<br> Definition: folded. <b>...</b> root Definition to <b>wander</b>, travel NASB Word Usage folded (1). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6813.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5128.htm"><span class="l">5128. nua -- to quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter</span></a><br><b>...</b> nua. 5129 . to quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter. Transliteration: nua Phonetic<br> Spelling: (noo'-ah) Short Definition: <b>wander</b>. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5128.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8582.htm"><span class="l">8582. taah -- to err</span></a><br><b>...</b> 8581, 8582. taah. 8583 . to err. Transliteration: taah Phonetic Spelling:<br> (taw-aw') Short Definition: <b>wander</b>. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8582.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7686.htm"><span class="l">7686. shagah -- to go astray, err</span></a><br><b>...</b> go astray (1), goes astray (1), intoxicated (1), leads the astray (1), misleader<br> (1), misleads (1), reel (3), stray (1), unwittingly (1), <b>wander</b> (3), wandered <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7686.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6.htm"><span class="l">6. abad -- to perish</span></a><br><b>...</b> A primitive root; properly, to <b>wander</b> away, ie Lose oneself; by implication to perish<br> (causative, destroy) -- break, destroy(- uction), + not escape, fail, lose <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/ephraim/hymns_and_homilies_of_ephraim_the_syrian/hymn_iii_fix_thou_our.htm"><span class="l">Fix Thou Our Hearing, that it be not Loosed and <b>Wander</b>!</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Hymn III. Fix thou our hearing, that it be not loosed and <b>wander</b>! 1. Fix<br> thou our hearing, that it be not loosed and <b>wander</b>! For <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn iii fix thou our.htm</font><p><a href="/library/guyon/song_of_songs_of_solomon/6_tell_me_o_thou.htm"><span class="l">Tell Me, O Thou whom My Soul Loveth, Where Thou Feedest, Where <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> CHAPTER I. 6. Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou<br> reposest at midday, lest I should begin to <b>wander</b> after the flocks of thy <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/guyon/song of songs of solomon/6 tell me o thou.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_attention_is_a_necessary.htm"><span class="l">Whether Attention is a Necessary Condition of Prayer?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Now if a man allows his mind to <b>wander</b> while praying he is not free of sin, for<br> he seems to make light of God; even as if he were to speak to another man <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether attention is a necessary.htm</font><p><a href="/library/brown/christ_the_way_the_truth_and_the_life/chapter_x_the_truth_some.htm"><span class="l">"The Truth. " Some Generals Proposed.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> darkness." 1 Pet. ii.9.1 Thess. v.4. John 12:46, "We <b>wander</b> and go astray<br> as soon as we are born, speaking lies," Psal. lviii.3. Yea <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../brown/christ the way the truth and the life/chapter x the truth some.htm</font><p><a href="/library/wesley/sermons_on_several_occasions/sermon_41_wandering_thoughts.htm"><span class="l">Wandering Thoughts</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The particular sorts are innumerable; but, in general, they are of two sorts: Thoughts<br> that <b>wander</b> from God; and thoughts that <b>wander</b> from the particular point <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 41 wandering thoughts.htm</font><p><a href="/library/teresa/the_interior_castle_or_the_mansions/chapter_i_how_sweetness_and.htm"><span class="l">How Sweetness and Tenderness in Prayer Differ from Consolations. <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> THIS CHAPTER IS USEFUL FOR THOSE WHOSE THOUGHTS <b>WANDER</b> MUCH DURING PRAYER. <b>...</b> THIS CHAPTER<br> IS USEFUL FOR THOSE WHOSE THOUGHTS <b>WANDER</b> MUCH DURING PRAYER. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../teresa/the interior castle or the mansions/chapter i how sweetness and.htm</font><p><a href="/library/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/chapter_xvii_the_three_parables.htm"><span class="l">The Three Parables of the Gospel: of the Recovery of the Lost - of <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> As we think of it, we remember that it is natural for the foolish sheep so<br> to <b>wander</b> and stray. And we think not only of those sheep <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xvii the three parables.htm</font><p><a href="/library/murray/the_deeper_christian_life/iv_out_of_and_into.htm"><span class="l">Out of and Into</span></a> <br><b>...</b> unbelief, and disobedience. They had to <b>wander</b> after that for forty years in<br> the wilderness. Now, look how God led the people. In Egypt <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/murray/the deeper christian life/iv out of and into.htm</font><p><a href="/library/chesterton/orthodoxy/iii_the_suicide_of_thought.htm"><span class="l">The Suicide of Thought</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The vices are, indeed, let loose, and they <b>wander</b> and do damage. But the<br> virtues are let loose also; and the virtues <b>wander</b> more <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/orthodoxy/iii the suicide of thought.htm</font><p><a href="/library/lawrence/the_practice_of_the_presence_of_god/eighth_letter.htm"><span class="l">Eighth Letter</span></a> <br><b>...</b> If it sometimes <b>wander</b>, and withdraw itself from Him, do not much disquiet yourself<br> for that; trouble and disquiet serve rather to distract the mind, than to re <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../lawrence/the practice of the presence of god/eighth letter.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/w/wander.htm"><span class="l"><b>Wander</b> (43 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (vi) To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite<br> object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to <b>wander</b> over the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/wander.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/stray.htm"><span class="l">Stray (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (v.) To <b>wander</b>, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way. <b>...</b> 3.<br> (a.) Figuratively, to <b>wander</b> from the path of duty or rectitude; to err. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/stray.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/err.htm"><span class="l">Err (41 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To <b>wander</b>; to roam; to stray. 2. (vi) To<br> deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/err.htm - 22k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/begging.htm"><span class="l">Begging (18 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Hebrew seems to have no term for professional begging, the nearest approach to it<br> being the expressions "to ask (or seek) bread" and "to <b>wander</b>." This omission <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/begging.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/beg.htm"><span class="l">Beg (77 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Hebrew seems to have no term for professional begging, the nearest approach to it<br> being the expressions "to ask (or seek) bread" and "to <b>wander</b>." This omission <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/beg.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/beggar.htm"><span class="l">Beggar (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Hebrew seems to have no term for professional begging, the nearest approach to it<br> being the expressions "to ask (or seek) bread" and "to <b>wander</b>." This omission <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/beggar.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/roam.htm"><span class="l">Roam (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To go from place to place without any certain<br> purpose or direction; to rove; to <b>wander</b>. 2. (vt) To range or <b>wander</b> over. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/roam.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/error.htm"><span class="l">Error (90 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> ERR; ERROR. ur, er'-er: To err is in the Old Testament the translation of shaghah,<br> and ta`ah, both of which mean literally,. "to <b>wander</b>," "to go astray." We <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/error.htm - 38k</font><p><a href="/topical/v/vagabond.htm"><span class="l">Vagabond (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4. (a.) Being a vagabond; strolling and idle or vicious. 5. (vi) To play the vagabond;<br> to <b>wander</b> like a vagabond; to stroll. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/v/vagabond.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/v/vacancy.htm"><span class="l">Vacancy (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Vacancy (3 Occurrences). Job 12:24 Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people<br> of the land, And he causeth them to <b>wander</b> In vacancy -- no way! (YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/v/vacancy.htm - 7k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Lord-is-my-Shepherd.html">What does it mean that the Lord is my Shepherd (Psalm 23)? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/spiritually-lost.html">What does it mean to be spiritually lost? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/sheep-in-the-Bible.html">What is the significance of sheep in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/wander.htm">Wander: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Wander (43 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/18-13.htm">Matthew 18:13</a></span><br />If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-11.htm">1 Corinthians 4:11</a></span><br />To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are in nakedness, and buffeted, and <span class="boldtext">wander</span> without a home,<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-4.htm">2 Timothy 4:4</a></span><br />and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/james/5-19.htm">James 5:19</a></span><br />Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back,<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/20-13.htm">Genesis 20:13</a></span><br />It happened, when God caused me to <span class="boldtext">wander</span> 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."'"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/31-40.htm">Genesis 31:40</a></span><br />I have been 'thus': in the day consumed me hath drought, and frost by night, and <span class="boldtext">wander</span> doth my sleep from mine eyes.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Numbers 14:33</a></span><br />Your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your prostitution, until your dead bodies be consumed in the wilderness.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/32-13.htm">Numbers 32:13</a></span><br />Yahweh's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them <span class="boldtext">wander</span> back and forth in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, who had done evil in the sight of Yahweh, was consumed.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-18.htm">Deuteronomy 27:18</a></span><br />'Cursed is he who makes the blind to <span class="boldtext">wander</span> out of the way.' All the people shall say,'Amen.'<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/11-37.htm">Judges 11:37</a></span><br />And she said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me; let me alone two months, that I may go and <span class="boldtext">wander</span> on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions."<br /><span class="source">(DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/15-20.htm">2 Samuel 15:20</a></span><br />Whereas you came but yesterday, should I this day make you go up and down with us, seeing I go where I may? Return, and take back your brothers. Mercy and truth be with you."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/21-8.htm">2 Kings 21:8</a></span><br />neither will I cause the feet of Israel to <span class="boldtext">wander</span> 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."<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/12-24.htm">Job 12:24</a></span><br />He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to <span class="boldtext">wander</span> in a wilderness where there is no way.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/12-25.htm">Job 12:25</a></span><br />They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine.<br /><span class="source">(Root in BBE YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/38-41.htm">Job 38:41</a></span><br />Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and <span class="boldtext">wander</span> for lack of food?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/55-2.htm">Psalms 55:2</a></span><br />Attend unto me, and answer me: I <span class="boldtext">wander</span> about in my plaint, and I moan aloud,<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/55-7.htm">Psalms 55:7</a></span><br />Behold, then I would <span class="boldtext">wander</span> far off. I would lodge in the wilderness." Selah.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/59-11.htm">Psalms 59:11</a></span><br />Slay them not, lest my people forget: Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS DBY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/59-15.htm">Psalms 59:15</a></span><br />They shall <span class="boldtext">wander</span> up and down for food, and wait all night if they aren't satisfied.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/107-40.htm">Psalms 107:40</a></span><br />He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to <span class="boldtext">wander</span> in a trackless waste.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/109-10.htm">Psalms 109:10</a></span><br />Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins. <br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/119-10.htm">Psalms 119:10</a></span><br />With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don't let me <span class="boldtext">wander</span> from your commandments.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/119-21.htm">Psalms 119:21</a></span><br />You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who <span class="boldtext">wander</span> from your commandments.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/119-118.htm">Psalms 119:118</a></span><br />You have overcome all those who are wandering from your rules; for all their thoughts are false. <br /><span class="source">(Root in BBE DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/5-6.htm">Proverbs 5:6</a></span><br />So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, and'she knoweth it not. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/7-25.htm">Proverbs 7:25</a></span><br />Let not your heart be turned to her ways, do not go wandering in her footsteps.<br /><span class="source">(Root in BBE YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/17-24.htm">Proverbs 17:24</a></span><br />Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool <span class="boldtext">wander</span> to the ends of the earth.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/35-8.htm">Isaiah 35:8</a></span><br />And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/38-15.htm">Isaiah 38:15</a></span><br />What am I to say? seeing that it is he who has done it: all my time of sleeping I am turning from side to side without rest. <br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/47-15.htm">Isaiah 47:15</a></span><br />Thus shall the things be to you in which you have labored: those who have trafficked with you from your youth shall <span class="boldtext">wander</span> everyone to his quarter; there shall be none to save you. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/63-17.htm">Isaiah 63:17</a></span><br />O Lord, why do you send us wandering from your ways, making our hearts hard, so that we have no fear of you? Come back, because of your servants, the tribes of your heritage.<br /><span class="source">(Root in BBE YLT NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-10.htm">Jeremiah 14:10</a></span><br />Thus says Yahweh to this people, Even so have they loved to <span class="boldtext">wander</span>; they have not refrained their feet: therefore Yahweh does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-22.htm">Jeremiah 31:22</a></span><br />How long will you go on turning this way and that, O wandering daughter? for the Lord has made a new thing on the earth, a woman changed into a man.<br /><span class="source">(Root in BBE DBY WBS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-24.htm">Jeremiah 31:24</a></span><br />Judah and all its cities shall dwell therein together, the farmers, and those who go about with flocks.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-12.htm">Jeremiah 48:12</a></span><br />Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/49-30.htm">Jeremiah 49:30</a></span><br />Flee, <span class="boldtext">wander</span> far off, dwell in the depths, you inhabitants of Hazor, says Yahweh; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV BBE DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/50-8.htm">Jeremiah 50:8</a></span><br />Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats before the flocks.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/4-14.htm">Lamentations 4:14</a></span><br />They <span class="boldtext">wander</span> as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men can't touch their garments.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/4-15.htm">Lamentations 4:15</a></span><br />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 sojourn here.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/14-11.htm">Ezekiel 14:11</a></span><br />So that the children of Israel may no longer go wandering away from me, or make themselves unclean with all their wrongdoing; but they will be my people, and I will be their God, says the Lord.<br /><span class="source">(Root in BBE YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joel/1-18.htm">Joel 1:18</a></span><br />How the animals groan! The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/amos/8-12.htm">Amos 8:12</a></span><br />They will <span class="boldtext">wander</span> from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will run back and forth to seek the word of Yahweh, and will not find it.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zechariah/10-2.htm">Zechariah 10:2</a></span><br />For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. 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