13 Bible Verses about Birds, Figurative Use

Most Relevant Verses

Psalm 124:7

Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

Proverbs 27:8

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

Isaiah 46:11

calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yes, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it.

Jeremiah 12:9

Is my heritage to me as a speckled bird of prey? Are the birds of prey against her all around? Go, assemble all the animals of the field, bring them to devour.

Psalm 55:6

I said, "Oh that I had wings like a dove. Then I would fly away, and be at rest.

Psalm 11:1

In the LORD, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain."

Psalm 102:7

I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.

Proverbs 6:5

Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

Lamentations 3:52

They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.

Ezekiel 13:20

"'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against your pillows, with which you there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let the souls go, even the souls whom you hunt to make them fly.

Hosea 7:12

When they go, I will spread my net on them. I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will chastise them, as their congregation has heard.

Amos 3:5

Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?

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