51 Bible Verses about Birds

And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.

And the fear of you will be strong in every beast of the earth and every bird of the air; everything which goes on the land, and all the fishes of the sea, are given into your hands.

All clean birds may be used for food.

If by chance you see a place which a bird has made for itself in a tree or on the earth, with young ones or eggs, and the mother bird seated on the young ones or on the eggs, do not take the mother bird with the young:

And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven.

And he said, Take a young cow of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a sheep of three years old, and a dove and a young pigeon.

And if she has not money enough for a lamb, then let her take two doves or two young pigeons, one for a burned offering and the other for a sin-offering, and the priest will take away her sin and she will be clean,

And if his offering to the Lord is a burned offering of birds, then he is to make his offering of doves or of young pigeons.

And if he has not money enough for a lamb, then let him give, for his offering to the Lord, two doves or two young pigeons; one for a sin-offering and one for a burned offering.

And two doves or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and one will be for a sin-offering and the other for a burned offering.

Give thought to the ravens; they do not put seeds into the earth, or get together grain; they have no store-houses or buildings; and God gives them their food: of how much greater value are you than the birds!

He gives food to every beast, and to the young ravens in answer to their cry.

Noah sent out a raven, which went this way and that till the waters were gone from the earth.

Every raven, and all birds of that sort;

The water of the stream will be your drink, and by my orders the ravens will give you food there.

But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.

You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I took you, as on eagles' wings, guiding you to myself.

Saul and Jonathan were loved and pleasing; in their lives and in their death they were not parted; they went more quickly than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

They go rushing on like reed-boats, like an eagle dropping suddenly on its food.

Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.

And the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl;

And the pelican and the vulture and the cormorant;

But the birds of the waste land will have their place there; it will be a heritage for the bittern and the raven: and it will be measured out with line and weight as a waste land.

And herds will take their rest in the middle of her, all the beasts of the valley: the pelican and the porcupine will make their living-places on the tops of its pillars; the owl will be crying in the window; the raven will be seen on the doorstep.

See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.

Will you take your rest among the flocks? like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and its feathers with yellow gold.

My dove, my very beautiful one, is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the dearest one of her who gave her birth. The daughters saw her, and gave her a blessing; yes, the queens and the servant-wives, and they gave her praises.

And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove;

And the kite and the falcon, and birds of that sort;

The falcon and the kite, and birds of that sort;

No bird has knowledge of it, and the hawk's eye has never seen it.

The arrowsnake will make her hole and put her eggs there, and get her young together under her shade: there the hawks will come together by twos.

Truly, the stork in the heavens is conscious of her fixed times; the dove and the swallow and the crane keep to the times of their coming; but my people have no knowledge of the law of the Lord.

The stork and the heron, and birds of that sort, and the hoopoe and the bat.

Where the birds have their resting-places; as for the stork, the tall trees are her house.

And lifting up my eyes I saw two women coming out, and the wind was in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they took the ephah, lifting it up between earth and heaven.

And now I have given all these lands into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant; and I have given the beasts of the field to him for his use.

For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority;

And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.

And the fear of you will be strong in every beast of the earth and every bird of the air; everything which goes on the land, and all the fishes of the sea, are given into your hands. Every living and moving thing will be food for you; I give them all to you as before I gave you all green things.

And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.

And he said, Take a young cow of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a sheep of three years old, and a dove and a young pigeon.

And if his offering to the Lord is a burned offering of birds, then he is to make his offering of doves or of young pigeons.

And to make an offering, as it is ordered in the law of the Lord, of two doves or other young birds.

And on the eighth day let him take to the priest, at the door of the Tent of meeting, two doves or two young pigeons;

The birds of the air have their resting-places by them, and make their song among the branches.

When the doors are shut in the street, and the sound of the crushing is low, and the voice of the bird is soft, and the daughters of music will be made low;

The flowers are come on the earth; the time of cutting the vines is come, and the voice of the dove is sounding in our land;

The birds of the air have their resting-places by them, and make their song among the branches.

When the doors are shut in the street, and the sound of the crushing is low, and the voice of the bird is soft, and the daughters of music will be made low;

The flowers are come on the earth; the time of cutting the vines is come, and the voice of the dove is sounding in our land;

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

The arrowsnake will make her hole and put her eggs there, and get her young together under her shade: there the hawks will come together by twos.

Where the birds have their resting-places; as for the stork, the tall trees are her house.

The little birds have places for themselves, where they may put their young, even your altars, O Lord of armies, my King and my God.

How long will the land have grief, and the plants of all the land be dry? because of the sins of the people living in it, destruction has overtaken the beasts and the birds; because they said, God does not see our ways.

And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.

Because of this the land will be dry, and everyone living in it will be wasted away, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; even the fishes of the sea will be taken away.

So that the fish of the sea and the birds of heaven and the beasts of the field and everything moving on the earth, and all the men who are on the face of the earth, will be shaking before me, and the mountains will be overturned and the high places will come down, and every wall will come falling down to the earth.

Are not sparrows two a farthing? and not one of them comes to an end without your Father:

Are not five sparrows given in exchange for two farthings? and God has every one of them in mind.

The little birds have places for themselves, where they may put their young, even your altars, O Lord of armies, my King and my God.

And the beasts of the waste places will come together with the jackals, and the evil spirits will be crying to one another, even the night-spirit will come and make her resting-place there.

And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk, and birds of that sort;

The little owl and the great owl and the water-hen;

And the pelican and the vulture and the cormorant;

And the water-hen and the pelican and the vulture;

Your bodies will be meat for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth; there will be no one to send them away.

And evil birds came down on the bodies, but Abram sent them away.

After three days Pharaoh will take you out of prison, hanging you on a tree, so that your flesh will be food for birds.

And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk, and birds of that sort;

And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk and birds of that sort;

Is it through your knowledge that the hawk takes his flight, stretching out his wings to the south?

My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them. If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause; Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death; read more.
Goods of great price will be ours, our houses will be full of wealth; Take your chance with us, and we will all have one money-bag: My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways: For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life. Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:

Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her! Again and again would I have taken your children to myself as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, and you would not!

Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you that this night, before the hour of the cock's cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me.

Then with curses and oaths he said, I have no knowledge of the man. And straight away there came the cry of a cock.

See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?

Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great; you are robed with honour and power. You are clothed with light as with a robe; stretching out the heavens like a curtain: The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind: read more.
He makes winds his angels, and flames of fire his servants. He has made the earth strong on its bases, so that it may not be moved for ever and ever; Covering it with the sea as with a robe: the waters were high over the mountains; At the voice of your word they went in flight; at the sound of your thunder they went away in fear; The mountains came up and the valleys went down into the place which you had made ready for them. You made a limit over which they might not go, so that the earth would never again be covered by them. You sent the springs into the valleys; they are flowing between the hills. They give drink to every beast of the field; the mountain asses come to them for water. The birds of the air have their resting-places by them, and make their song among the branches.

Is not life more than food, and the body than its clothing? Give thought to the ravens; they do not put seeds into the earth, or get together grain; they have no store-houses or buildings; and God gives them their food: of how much greater value are you than the birds!

And it came about that in the evening little birds came up and the place was covered with them: and in the morning there was dew all round about the tents.

Then the Lord sent a wind, driving little birds from the sea, so that they came down on the tents, and all round the tent-circle, about a day's journey on this side and on that, in masses about two cubits high over the face of the earth.

At the people's request he sent birds, and gave them the bread of heaven for food.

Give thought to the ravens; they do not put seeds into the earth, or get together grain; they have no store-houses or buildings; and God gives them their food: of how much greater value are you than the birds!

Who gives in the evening the meat he is searching for, when his young ones are crying to God; when the young lions with loud noise go wandering after their food?

He gives food to every beast, and to the young ravens in answer to their cry.

Are not sparrows two a farthing? and not one of them comes to an end without your Father:

Are not five sparrows given in exchange for two farthings? and God has every one of them in mind.

See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?

Are not five sparrows given in exchange for two farthings? and God has every one of them in mind.

If by chance you see a place which a bird has made for itself in a tree or on the earth, with young ones or eggs, and the mother bird seated on the young ones or on the eggs, do not take the mother bird with the young:

And the kite and the falcon, and birds of that sort;

No bird has knowledge of it, and the hawk's eye has never seen it.

The arrowsnake will make her hole and put her eggs there, and get her young together under her shade: there the hawks will come together by twos.

Truly, the stork in the heavens is conscious of her fixed times; the dove and the swallow and the crane keep to the times of their coming; but my people have no knowledge of the law of the Lord.

The little birds have places for themselves, where they may put their young, even your altars, O Lord of armies, my King and my God.

I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.

And two doves or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and one will be for a sin-offering and the other for a burned offering.

The flowers are come on the earth; the time of cutting the vines is come, and the voice of the dove is sounding in our land;

All clean birds may be used for food.

But all clean birds you may take.

Shaking with fear like a bird, they will come out of Egypt, like a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will give them rest in their houses, says the Lord.

Like birds with outstretched wings, so will the Lord of armies be a cover to Jerusalem; he will be a cover and salvation for it, going over it he will keep it from danger.

As for Ephraim, their glory will go in flight like a bird: there will be no birth and no one with child and no giving of life.

For the daughters of Moab will be like wandering birds, like a place from which the young birds have gone in flight, at the ways across the Arnon.

Sending for a bird of strong flight from the east, the man of my purpose from a far country; I have said it, and I will give effect to it; the thing designed by me will certainly be done.

My heritage is like a brightly coloured bird to me; the cruel birds are attacking her on every side: go, get together all the beasts of the field, make them come for destruction.

On the mountains of Israel you will come down, you and all your forces and the peoples who are with you: I will give you to cruel birds of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be their food.

And among birds these are to be disgusting to you, and not to be used for food: the eagle and the gier-eagle and the ospray;

And the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl;

Then the priest is to give orders to take, for him who is to be made clean, two living clean birds and some cedar wood and red thread and hyssop.

Are not sparrows two a farthing? and not one of them comes to an end without your Father: But the hairs of your head are all numbered. Then have no fear; you are of more value than a flock of sparrows.

If by chance you see a place which a bird has made for itself in a tree or on the earth, with young ones or eggs, and the mother bird seated on the young ones or on the eggs, do not take the mother bird with the young:

Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.

Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.

Then do not let my blood be drained out on the earth away from the face of the Lord: for the king of Israel has come out to take my life, like one going after birds in the mountains.

And if his offering to the Lord is a burned offering of birds, then he is to make his offering of doves or of young pigeons.

And when the days are ended for making her clean for a son or a daughter, let her take to the priest at the door of the Tent of meeting, a lamb of the first year for a burned offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a sin-offering:

And looking on the Kenites he went on with his story and said, Strong is your living-place, and your secret place is safe in the rock.

O people of Moab, go away from the towns and take cover in the rock; be like the dove of the Arabah, which makes her living-place in holes.

And the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl;

But the birds of the waste land will have their place there; it will be a heritage for the bittern and the raven: and it will be measured out with line and weight as a waste land.

The stork and the heron, and birds of that sort, and the hoopoe and the bat.

Where the birds have their resting-places; as for the stork, the tall trees are her house.

But the birds of the waste land will have their place there; it will be a heritage for the bittern and the raven: and it will be measured out with line and weight as a waste land.

And the beasts of the waste places will come together with the jackals, and the evil spirits will be crying to one another, even the night-spirit will come and make her resting-place there. The arrowsnake will make her hole and put her eggs there, and get her young together under her shade: there the hawks will come together by twos.

The birds of the air have their resting-places by them, and make their song among the branches.

When the doors are shut in the street, and the sound of the crushing is low, and the voice of the bird is soft, and the daughters of music will be made low;

The flowers are come on the earth; the time of cutting the vines is come, and the voice of the dove is sounding in our land;

And the water-hen and the pelican and the vulture;

In that day men will put their images of silver and of gold, which they made for worship, in the keeping of the beasts of the dark places;

The stork and the heron, and birds of that sort, and the hoopoe and the bat.

And Noah made an altar to the Lord, and from every clean beast and bird he made burned offerings on the altar.

And if his offering to the Lord is a burned offering of birds, then he is to make his offering of doves or of young pigeons.

Looking, I saw that there was no man, and all the birds of heaven had gone in flight.

Give yourselves to weeping, crying out in sorrow for the mountains; and for the fields of the waste land send up a song of grief, because they are burned up, so that no one goes through; there is no sound of cattle; the bird of the heavens and the beast are in flight and are gone.

Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,

Even the beasts of the waste land have full breasts, they give milk to their young ones: the daughter of my people has become cruel like the ostriches in the waste land.

In its branches all the birds of heaven came to rest, and under its arms all the beasts of the field gave birth to their young, and great nations were living in its shade.

Which is smaller than all seeds; but when it has come up it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and make their resting-places in its branches.

When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.

And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

Where the birds have their resting-places; as for the stork, the tall trees are her house.

In its branches all the birds of heaven came to rest, and under its arms all the beasts of the field gave birth to their young, and great nations were living in its shade.

For the daughters of Moab will be like wandering birds, like a place from which the young birds have gone in flight, at the ways across the Arnon.

Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.

But the birds of the waste land will have their place there; it will be a heritage for the bittern and the raven: and it will be measured out with line and weight as a waste land.

And I will make you a heritage for the hedgehog, and pools of water: and I will go through it with the brush of destruction, says the Lord of armies.

And among birds these are to be disgusting to you, and not to be used for food: the eagle and the gier-eagle and the ospray;

Or is it by your orders that the eagle goes up, and makes his resting-place on high?

Who gives in the evening the meat he is searching for, when his young ones are crying to God; when the young lions with loud noise go wandering after their food?

Every raven, and birds of that sort;

And the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl;

Is it through your knowledge that the hawk takes his flight, stretching out his wings to the south?

And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk, and birds of that sort;

I have become a brother to the jackals, and go about in the company of ostriches.

Truly, the stork in the heavens is conscious of her fixed times; the dove and the swallow and the crane keep to the times of their coming; but my people have no knowledge of the law of the Lord.

I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.

Its leaves were fair and it had much fruit, and in it was food enough for all: the beasts of the field had shade under it, and the birds of heaven were resting in its branches, and it gave food to all living things.

Which is smaller than all seeds; but when it has come up it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and make their resting-places in its branches.

And from the earth the Lord God made every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and took them to the man to see what names he would give them: and whatever name he gave to any living thing, that was its name.

And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven.

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

Where the birds have their resting-places; as for the stork, the tall trees are her house.

Which is smaller than all seeds; but when it has come up it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and make their resting-places in its branches.

For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and monkeys and peacocks.

Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,

For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and monkeys and peacocks.

Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,

The little birds have places for themselves, where they may put their young, even your altars, O Lord of armies, my King and my God.

I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.

And among birds these are to be disgusting to you, and not to be used for food: the eagle and the gier-eagle and the ospray; And the kite and the falcon, and birds of that sort; Every raven, and birds of that sort; read more.
And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk, and birds of that sort; And the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl; And the water-hen and the pelican and the vulture; The stork and the heron, and birds of that sort, and the hoopoe and the bat. Every winged four-footed thing which goes on the earth is disgusting to you;

But these birds you may not take: the eagle and the gier-eagle and the ospray; The falcon and the kite, and birds of that sort; Every raven, and all birds of that sort; read more.
And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk and birds of that sort; The little owl and the great owl and the water-hen; And the pelican and the vulture and the cormorant; The stork and the heron and birds of that sort, and the hoopoe and the bat. Every winged thing which goes flat on the earth is unclean to you and may not be used as food.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.

The birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and whatever goes through the deep waters of the seas.

And the fear of you will be strong in every beast of the earth and every bird of the air; everything which goes on the land, and all the fishes of the sea, are given into your hands. Every living and moving thing will be food for you; I give them all to you as before I gave you all green things.

All clean birds may be used for food. But these birds you may not take: the eagle and the gier-eagle and the ospray; The falcon and the kite, and birds of that sort; read more.
Every raven, and all birds of that sort; And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk and birds of that sort; The little owl and the great owl and the water-hen; And the pelican and the vulture and the cormorant; The stork and the heron and birds of that sort, and the hoopoe and the bat. Every winged thing which goes flat on the earth is unclean to you and may not be used as food. But all clean birds you may take.

Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,

When she is shaking her wings on high, she makes sport of the horse and of him who is seated on him.

All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one flesh of men, another of beasts, another of birds, and another of fishes.

And he gave a loud cry, saying, Babylon the great has come down from her high place, she has come to destruction and has become a place of evil spirits, and of every unclean spirit, and a hole for every unclean and hated bird.

Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers, That she puts her eggs on the earth, warming them in the dust, Without a thought that they may be crushed by the foot, and broken by the beasts of the field? read more.
She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear. For God has taken wisdom from her mind, and given her no measure of knowledge. When she is shaking her wings on high, she makes sport of the horse and of him who is seated on him.

Is it through your knowledge that the hawk takes his flight, stretching out his wings to the south? Or is it by your orders that the eagle goes up, and makes his resting-place on high? On the rock is his house, and on the mountain-top his strong place. read more.
From there he is watching for food; his eye sees it far off. His young have blood for their drink, and where the dead bodies are, there is he to be seen.

If by chance you see a place which a bird has made for itself in a tree or on the earth, with young ones or eggs, and the mother bird seated on the young ones or on the eggs, do not take the mother bird with the young: See that you let the mother bird go, but the young ones you may take; so it will be well for you and your life will be long.

Even man has no knowledge of his time; like fishes taken in an evil net, or like birds taken by deceit, are the sons of men taken in an evil time when it comes suddenly on them.

The falcon and the kite, and birds of that sort;

For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority;

Will you make sport with him, as with a bird? or put him in chains for your young women?

If by chance you see a place which a bird has made for itself in a tree or on the earth, with young ones or eggs, and the mother bird seated on the young ones or on the eggs, do not take the mother bird with the young:

Or any beast of the earth, or winged bird of the air,

Or any beast of the earth, or winged bird of the air,

And among birds these are to be disgusting to you, and not to be used for food: the eagle and the gier-eagle and the ospray;

And the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl;

And the water-hen and the pelican and the vulture;

And the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl;

The stork and the heron, and birds of that sort, and the hoopoe and the bat.

And among birds these are to be disgusting to you, and not to be used for food: the eagle and the gier-eagle and the ospray;

And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk, and birds of that sort;

The stork and the heron, and birds of that sort, and the hoopoe and the bat.

And the kite and the falcon, and birds of that sort;

And the water-hen and the pelican and the vulture;

And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk, and birds of that sort;

The outcry of the children of Israel has come to my ears: say to them now, At nightfall you will have meat for your food, and in the morning bread in full measure; and you will see that I am the Lord your God. And it came about that in the evening little birds came up and the place was covered with them: and in the morning there was dew all round about the tents.

And from the earth the Lord God made every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and took them to the man to see what names he would give them: and whatever name he gave to any living thing, that was its name. And the man gave names to all cattle and to the birds of the air and to every beast of the field; but Adam had no one like himself as a help.

And you are not to take for food any blood, of bird or of beast, in any of your houses.

My heritage is like a brightly coloured bird to me; the cruel birds are attacking her on every side: go, get together all the beasts of the field, make them come for destruction.

And you, son of man, this is what the Lord has said: Say to the birds of every sort and to all the beasts of the field, Get together and come; come together on every side to the offering which I am putting to death for you, a great offering on the mountains of Israel, so that you may have flesh for your food and blood for your drink.

As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.

My heritage is like a brightly coloured bird to me; the cruel birds are attacking her on every side: go, get together all the beasts of the field, make them come for destruction.

Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:

And the fear of you will be strong in every beast of the earth and every bird of the air; everything which goes on the land, and all the fishes of the sea, are given into your hands. Every living and moving thing will be food for you; I give them all to you as before I gave you all green things.

The arrowsnake will make her hole and put her eggs there, and get her young together under her shade: there the hawks will come together by twos.

Sending for a bird of strong flight from the east, the man of my purpose from a far country; I have said it, and I will give effect to it; the thing designed by me will certainly be done.

And I will make you a heritage for the hedgehog, and pools of water: and I will go through it with the brush of destruction, says the Lord of armies.

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

And Noah made an altar to the Lord, and from every clean beast and bird he made burned offerings on the altar.

And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air and every living thing moving on the face of the earth I have given every green plant for food: and it was so.

Beasts and all cattle; insects and winged birds:

And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

Truly, the stork in the heavens is conscious of her fixed times; the dove and the swallow and the crane keep to the times of their coming; but my people have no knowledge of the law of the Lord.

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven.

He made sayings about all plants, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop hanging on the wall; and about all beasts and birds and fishes and the small things of the earth.

And of the birds of the air, seven males and seven females, so that their seed may still be living on the face of the earth.

And he sent out a dove, to see if the waters had gone from the face of the earth;

And by them the glory of the eternal God was changed and made into the image of man who is not eternal, and of birds and beasts and things which go on the earth.

That very hour the order about Nebuchadnezzar was put into effect: and he was sent out from among men, and had grass for his food like the oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair became long as eagles' feathers and his nails like those of birds.

And the fear of you will be strong in every beast of the earth and every bird of the air; everything which goes on the land, and all the fishes of the sea, are given into your hands.

The little birds have places for themselves, where they may put their young, even your altars, O Lord of armies, my King and my God.

And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven. And God made great sea-beasts, and every sort of living and moving thing with which the waters were full, and every sort of winged bird: and God saw that it was good. And God gave them his blessing, saying, Be fertile and have increase, making all the waters of the seas full, and let the birds be increased in the earth. read more.
And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day. And God said, Let the earth give birth to all sorts of living things, cattle and all things moving on the earth, and beasts of the earth after their sort: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after its sort, and the cattle after their sort, and everything moving on the face of the earth after its sort: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth. And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them. And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth. And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food: And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air and every living thing moving on the face of the earth I have given every green plant for food: and it was so.

Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?

If by chance you see a place which a bird has made for itself in a tree or on the earth, with young ones or eggs, and the mother bird seated on the young ones or on the eggs, do not take the mother bird with the young: See that you let the mother bird go, but the young ones you may take; so it will be well for you and your life will be long.

Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?

For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority;

He made sayings about all plants, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop hanging on the wall; and about all beasts and birds and fishes and the small things of the earth.

But put now a question to the beasts, and get teaching from them; or to the birds of the heaven, and they will make it clear to you;

Truly, the stork in the heavens is conscious of her fixed times; the dove and the swallow and the crane keep to the times of their coming; but my people have no knowledge of the law of the Lord.

Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:

After this I saw another beast, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings like those of a bird; and the beast had four heads, and the power of a ruler was given to it.