13 Bible Verses about Birds, Figurative Use

We escaped as a bird out of the trap of fowlers (bird catchers). The trap is broken, and we have escaped.

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

I summon a bird of prey from the east. I summon a man to fulfill my purpose from a far off land. What I have said I will bring about. What I have determined (purposed) I will do.

My chosen people are like a bird attacked from all sides by hawks. Call the wild animals to come and join in the feast!

A person who gets rich dishonestly is like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay. During his lifetime, he will lose his wealth. In the end, he will be a wicked fool.

I said: If only I had wings like a dove. I would fly away and find rest.

([Psalm of David]) I have taken refuge in Jehovah. How can you say to me: Flee to your mountain like a bird?

I lie awake, I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop.

Deliver your self like a deer from the hand of the hunter, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler (bird catcher).

My enemies hunt for me just as if I was a bird.

This is what the Lord Jehovah says: 'I am against the magic charms that you use to trap people like birds. I will tear them from your arms and free the people that you have trapped.

When you go, I will spread my net over you. I will snatch you out of the air like a bird. I will punish you for all the evil things you have done.

Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where there is no trap for him? Will a trap spring up from the ground when nothing at all sprung it?