Thematic Bible: Raven
Thematic Bible
Birds » Unclean » Raven
“Who provides prey for the raven
When its young cry to God
And wander about without food?
Raven » Bird » Black » Carnivorous
The eye that mocks a father
And scorns a mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young vultures will devour it.
“His head is like [precious] gold, pure gold;
His hair is [curly] like clusters of dates
And black as a raven.
Raven » Forbidden as food
Raven » Fed elijah
You shall drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there. So he did according to the word of the Lord; he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, east of the Jordan. And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning and bread and flesh in the evening, and he drank of the brook.
Raven » Cared for by divine providence
Raven » Preserved by noah in the ark
and he sent out a raven, which flew here and there until the waters were dried up from the earth.