54 Bible Verses about Birds
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Look ye upon the fowls of heaven; for they neither sow, nor reap, nor collect into stores; and your heavenly Father nourishes them. Do ye not rather differ from them
Also the sparrow found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself where she put her young brood, thine altars, O Jehovah of armies, my King and my God.
Consider the ravens: for they sow not neither do they reap; to them there is not store-house nor store; and God nourishes them: how much more have ye preeminence of the fowls?
But ask now the beasts and they shall teach thee; and the birds of the heavens, and they shall announce to thee:
Upon them the birds of the heavens shall dwell, from between their boughs they shall give a voice.
Which truly is less than all seeds; but when it has grown, it is greater than vegetables, and becomes a tree, so that the flying things of heaven come and lodge in its young shoots.
I knew all the birds of the mountains and the moving things of the field with me.
For every nature of beasts, and also of birds, of creeping things, and also of things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by the nature of man:
And all the birds of the heavens nested in his boughs, under his branches all the of the field brought forth, and in his shadow dwelt all the great nations.
Thou shalt not curse the king in thy consciousness, and in thy bed-chamber thou shalt not curse the rich for the bird of the heavens will bring the voice, and the possessor of wings shall announce the word.
The ravenous hyena is my inheritance to me, rushing round about upon her; go ye, gather together all the beasts of the field, set ye upon to eat her.
And in his sowing some truly fell by the way, and the flying things came and swallowed them down.
Calling a ravenous beast from the sunrising, from a land afar off a man of my counsel: also I spake, also I will bring it; I formed, also I will do it.
Are not two little sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall to the earth without your Father.
And the birds will come down upon the dead carcases, and Abram will drive them together.
And Jesus says to him, The foxes have dens, and the fowls of heaven occupy nests; but the Son of man has not where he might recline the head.
And it shall be as the bird fleeing, the nest cast out, the daughters of Moab shall be from the passages to Arnon.
And these ye shall abhor from the birds; they shall not be eaten; they are an abomination: the eagle, the sea-eagle, and the osprey.
And the carcass of this people was for food to the birds of the heavens and for the cattle of the earth; and none terrifying.
For this the land shall mourn, and every one in it languished with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of the heavens; and also the fish of the sea shall be taken away.
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah will take sackcloth and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest till water was given upon them from the heavens, and she gave not the birds of the heavens to rest upon them in the day and the beast of the field at night
Not all flesh the same flesh: but one truly flesh of men, and another of cattle, and another of fishes, and another of flying things.
And Jesus said to him, Foxes have dens, and fowls of heaven encampments; but the Son of man has not where he might lay down the head.
Our soul as a sparrow was delivered from the snare of the fowlers: the snare was broken and we were delivered.
And from my face shall shake the fish of the sea, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the field, and every creeping thing creeping upon the earth, and every man which is upon the face of the earth; and the mountains were overthrown, and the precipices fell, and every wall shall fall to the earth.
Its birds flying, so will Jehovah of armies cover over Jerusalem, covering and he delivered; and passing over he saved.
And God will praise them, and God will say to them, be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing creeping upon the earth.
As a cane full of birds, so their houses full of deceit: for this they were magnified and they will be rich.
And he of the rovers will say to David, Come to me and I will give thy flesh to the birds of the heavens and to the cattle of the field.
And God will form great sea. monsters and every living soul creeping, which the waters bred abundantly according to their kind, and every bird of wing according to its kind: and God will see that it is good.
for evil ones were found among my people: he will look about as the stooping of fowlers; they set snares, they will take men.
For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Behold me against your pillows with which ye lie in wait there for the souls to break forth, and I rent them from your arms, and I sent away the souls, the souls which ye lie in wait for to break forth.
They gave the corpses of thy servants food to the birds of the heavens, the flesh of thy godly ones to the beasts of the earth.
And the man will call the names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every living thing of the field; but to the man was not found a help as before him.
And I cut out for them a covenant in that day with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the earth: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and I caused them to lie down confidently.
And in all that the sons of men dwelt, the beasts of the open field and the birds of the heavens he gave into thine hand, and gave thee power over them all Thou this head of gold.
And they changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of flying things, and of creeping things, and of quadrupeds.
And he slaughtered the one bird into a vessel of earthen, over living water.
For also man knew not his time: as the fishes being laid hold of in an evil net, and as the birds laid hold of in the snare, as they, the sons of men being snared for an evil time, as it will fall upon them suddenly.
When a bird's nest shall be found before thee in the way in any tree or upon the earth, the young broods or the eggs, and the mother reclining upon the young birds, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the mother upon the sons.
And he will take to him all these, and he will divide them, asunder in the midst, and will put each of its parts divided, opposite its companion: and the birds he divided not
As the sparrow for wandering, as the swallow for flying, so the curse shall not come in vain.
From Thematic Bible
Birds » General references to
And God will say, We will make man in our image according to our likeness, and they shall rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and every. creeping thing creeping upon the earth.
And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every living thing of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens, upon every thing which shall creep along the earth and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand they were given.
When a bird's nest shall be found before thee in the way in any tree or upon the earth, the young broods or the eggs, and the mother reclining upon the young birds, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the mother upon the sons.
And God will say the waters shall breed abundantly creeping things, the living soul, and birds shall fly over the earth, over the face of the firmament of the heavens.
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Pigeons, offered in sacrifice
And he will say to him, Take to me a heifer of three, and a goat of three, and a ram of three, and a turtle dove, and a young pigeon.
And if her hand shall not find the sufficiency of a sheep, and she took two turtle-doves or two sons of the dove; one for a burnt-offering, and one for sin: and the priest expiated for her, and she was clean.
And if from the birds he brought near a burnt-offering to Jehovah, and he brought near from the turtle-doves, or from the sons of the dove his offering,
And if his hand shall not reach the sufficiency of a sheep, and he brought his trespass which he sinned, two turtledoves, or two sons of a dove, to Jehovah; one for the sin, and one for the burnt-offering.
And two turtle-doves, or two sons of the dove, which his hand shall attain; and one was the sin, and one the burnt-offering.
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Ravens
Consider the ravens: for they sow not neither do they reap; to them there is not store-house nor store; and God nourishes them: how much more have ye preeminence of the fowls?
And he shall send forth the raven, and it shall go forth, going and turning back, till the waters dry up from over the earth.
And being thou shalt drink from the torrent; and I commanded the ravens to nourish thee there.
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Eagles, a type of swiftness
And they waiting for Jehovah shall change power; they shall go up on the wing as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall go and not faint.
Ye saw what I did to Egypt, and I will lift you up upon the wings of eagles, and I will bring you to me.
Saul and Jonathan beloved and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not separated: they were swift above eagles, they were strong above lions.
Wilt thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it and it is not? for making, it will make to it wings; as an eagle and it flew to the heavens.
Birds » Names of » Cormorants
And the pelican, and the carrion vulture, and the gannet,
And the pelican and the hedgehog shall possess it; the ibis and the raven shall dwell in it: and he stretched out upon it the line of desolation and the stones of emptiness.
And the flocks lay down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: also the pelican, also the hedgehog shall lodge in her capitals; a voice shall sing in the window; desolation in the threshold: for the cedar was naked.
Birds » Names of » Doves, a type of purity
Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore discerning as serpents, and pure as doves.
If ye shall lie down within the stalls, the wings of the dove being covered with silver, and her wing feathers with yellowness of gold.
She is one, my dove, my perfect one; she is one to her mother, she is the chosen to her bearing her. The daughters saw her and pronounced her happy; the queens and the concubines, and they will praise her.
And Jesus, having been immersed, went up straight from the water, and, behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him.
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Vultures
And the vulture, and the kite, and the falcon according to its kind,
There the arrow-snake nested, and she will lay eggs and hatch, and brood in her shadow: also there the falcons were collected, the female with her companion.
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Storks
Also the stork in the heavens knew her appointment; and the turtle-dove, and the swallow, and the twitterer watched the time of their coming; and my people knew not the judgment of Jehovah.
And the stork, the parrot according to its kind, and the hoopo and the bat
And I shall lift up mine eyes and see, and behold, two women will come forth, and the wind in their wings; and to them wings as the wings of the stork; and they shall lift up the ephah between the earth and between the heavens.
Birds » Man's dominion over
And now I gave all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel, my servant; and also the beasts of the field gave I to him to serve him.
For every nature of beasts, and also of birds, of creeping things, and also of things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by the nature of man:
And God will say, We will make man in our image according to our likeness, and they shall rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and every. creeping thing creeping upon the earth.
And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every living thing of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens, upon every thing which shall creep along the earth and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand they were given. Every creeping thing which it lives shall be food to you as the green herb. I gave you all things.
And God will praise them, and God will say to them, be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing creeping upon the earth.
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Turtle doves, offered in sacrifice
And he will say to him, Take to me a heifer of three, and a goat of three, and a ram of three, and a turtle dove, and a young pigeon.
And if from the birds he brought near a burnt-offering to Jehovah, and he brought near from the turtle-doves, or from the sons of the dove his offering,
And to give a sacrifice according to that said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtle-doves, or two of the young of pigeons.
And in the eighth day he shall bring two turtle-doves, or two sons of the dove to the priest, to the door of the tent of appointment:
Birds » Have each their peculiar note or song
Upon them the birds of the heavens shall dwell, from between their boughs they shall give a voice.
And the doors were shut in the street, in the lowness of the voice of the grinding, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of the song shall bow down;
The flowers were seen in the earth; the time of pruning came, and the voice of the turtle-dove was heard in our land.
Birds » The singing of
Upon them the birds of the heavens shall dwell, from between their boughs they shall give a voice.
And the doors were shut in the street, in the lowness of the voice of the grinding, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of the song shall bow down;
The flowers were seen in the earth; the time of pruning came, and the voice of the turtle-dove was heard in our land.
Birds » The nests of
And Jesus says to him, The foxes have dens, and the fowls of heaven occupy nests; but the Son of man has not where he might recline the head.
There the arrow-snake nested, and she will lay eggs and hatch, and brood in her shadow: also there the falcons were collected, the female with her companion.
Also the sparrow found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself where she put her young brood, thine altars, O Jehovah of armies, my King and my God.
Birds » Often suffered for man's sin
How long shall the land mourn, and the herbage of every field dry up from the evil of those dwelling in it the earth perished, and the birds; for they said, He shall not see our last Part
And Jehovah will say, I will wipe out man whom I formed from above the face of the earth; from man even to cattle, even to the creeping thing and even to the birds of the heavens; and I was grieved that I made them.
For this the land shall mourn, and every one in it languished with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of the heavens; and also the fish of the sea shall be taken away.
And from my face shall shake the fish of the sea, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the field, and every creeping thing creeping upon the earth, and every man which is upon the face of the earth; and the mountains were overthrown, and the precipices fell, and every wall shall fall to the earth.
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Sparrows
Are not two little sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall to the earth without your Father.
Are not five little sparrows sold for two small coins, and one of them is not forgotten before God?
Also the sparrow found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself where she put her young brood, thine altars, O Jehovah of armies, my King and my God.
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Owls
And animals of the desert lighted upon the howlers, and the he goat shall call to his neighbor; also there the night spectre rested, and found for herself a resting place.
And the daughter of the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seagull, and the hawk according to its kind;
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Pelicans
And the pelican, and the carrion vulture, and the gannet,
And the swan, and the pelican, and the carrion vulture;
I was like to the pelican of the desert: I was as the owl of the dry places.
Birds » Many kinds of, carnivorous
And thy carcass was for food to all the birds of the heavens and to the cattle of the earth, and none terrifying.
And the birds will come down upon the dead carcases, and Abram will drive them together.
Yet in three days, Pharaoh will lift up thy head above thee, and hang thee upon a tree, and the birds shall eat thy flesh from thee.
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Hawks
And the daughter of the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seagull, and the hawk according to its kind;
And the daughter of the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after his kind,
From thy understanding will the hawk mount upwards? will it stretch its wings to the south?
Birds » Illustrative » (snaring,) of designs of the wicked
Our soul as a sparrow was delivered from the snare of the fowlers: the snare was broken and we were delivered.
My son, if they sinning shall entice thee, thou shalt not go in. If they shall say, Go with us, we will lie in wait for blood, we will hide for the innocent gratuitously; We will swallow them down living, as hades, and whole, as they going down to the pit: read more.
We shall find precious riches, we will fill our houses with spoil: Wilt thou cast thy lot in the midst of us; one purse shall be to all: My son, thou shalt not go in the way with them; withhold thy foot from their beaten paths: For their feet will run to evil, and they will hasten to pour out blood: For gratuitously the net was spread in the eyes of all possessing a wing.
Till an arrow shall cleave his liver; as a bird hastening to the snare, and not knowing that it is for his soul.
Birds » Clean » Cock and hen
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets, and stoning those sent to her; how often did I wish to gather thy children together, which manner a bird gathers together her young broods under the wings, and ye would not!
Jesus says to him, Truly I say to thee that in this night, before the cock utters a sound, thou shalt deny me thrice.
Then began he to anathematize, and to swear, That I know not the man: and quickly the cock uttered a sound.
Birds » God provides for
Look ye upon the fowls of heaven; for they neither sow, nor reap, nor collect into stores; and your heavenly Father nourishes them. Do ye not rather differ from them
Praise Jehovah, O my soul. O Jehovah my God thou wert great exceedingly; thou didst put on strength and honor: Being covered with light as a garment: stretching forth the heavens as a curtain: Framing his upper chambers in the waters: setting the clouds his chariot: going upon the wings of the wind. read more.
Making his messengers spirits; his servants a fire of flame: Founding the earth upon her bases, she shall not be moved forever and even The deep thou coveredst it as a garment: the waters will stand upon the mountains. From thy rebuke they shall flee; from the voice of thy thunder they shall be terrified. They shall go up the mountains; they shall go down into the valleys to the place: this thou didst found for them. Thou didst set a bound they shall not pass over; they shall not turn bark to cover the earth. Sending forth fountains into the valleys, they will go between the mountains. They shall water all the beasts of the field: the wild asses shall break their thirst. Upon them the birds of the heavens shall dwell, from between their boughs they shall give a voice.
The soul is more than food, and the body than clothing. Consider the ravens: for they sow not neither do they reap; to them there is not store-house nor store; and God nourishes them: how much more have ye preeminence of the fowls?
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Quails
And it shall be in the evening, the quail shall come up and shall cover the camp: and in the morning the dew was lying round about the camp.
And a spirit removed from Jehovah and it will divide out the quails from the sea, and will cast upon the camp, as the way of a day hither, and the way of a day thither, round about the camp, and as two cubits upon the face of the earth.
Asking, and he will bring the quail, and he will fill them with the bread of the heavens.
Birds » Divine care of
Consider the ravens: for they sow not neither do they reap; to them there is not store-house nor store; and God nourishes them: how much more have ye preeminence of the fowls?
Who will prepare for the raven his food? for his young will cry to God; they will wander without food.
Are not two little sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall to the earth without your Father.
Are not five little sparrows sold for two small coins, and one of them is not forgotten before God?
Birds » God's care for
Look ye upon the fowls of heaven; for they neither sow, nor reap, nor collect into stores; and your heavenly Father nourishes them. Do ye not rather differ from them
Are not five little sparrows sold for two small coins, and one of them is not forgotten before God?
When a bird's nest shall be found before thee in the way in any tree or upon the earth, the young broods or the eggs, and the mother reclining upon the young birds, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the mother upon the sons.
Birds » Unclean » Vultures
There the arrow-snake nested, and she will lay eggs and hatch, and brood in her shadow: also there the falcons were collected, the female with her companion.
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Swallows
Also the stork in the heavens knew her appointment; and the turtle-dove, and the swallow, and the twitterer watched the time of their coming; and my people knew not the judgment of Jehovah.
Also the sparrow found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself where she put her young brood, thine altars, O Jehovah of armies, my King and my God.
As the twittering swallow so shall I chirp: I shall murmur as the dove: mine eyes languished for height: O Jehovah, oppression is to me; be surety for me.
Birds » Clean » Turtle
And two turtle-doves, or two sons of the dove, which his hand shall attain; and one was the sin, and one the burnt-offering.
The flowers were seen in the earth; the time of pruning came, and the voice of the turtle-dove was heard in our land.
Birds » Clean » To be eaten
Birds » Rapid flight of, alluded to
They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assur: and I caused them to dwell in their houses, says Jehovah.
Its birds flying, so will Jehovah of armies cover over Jerusalem, covering and he delivered; and passing over he saved.
Ephraim shall fly away as a bird, their glory of birth and of the womb and of conception.
Birds » Figurative
And it shall be as the bird fleeing, the nest cast out, the daughters of Moab shall be from the passages to Arnon.
Calling a ravenous beast from the sunrising, from a land afar off a man of my counsel: also I spake, also I will bring it; I formed, also I will do it.
The ravenous hyena is my inheritance to me, rushing round about upon her; go ye, gather together all the beasts of the field, set ye upon to eat her.
Upon the mountains of Israel shalt thou fall, thou and all thy hosts, and the peoples which are with thee: to the ravenous bird, the bird of every wing, and to the beasts of the field I gave to consume.
Birds » Unclean » Not to be eaten
And these ye shall abhor from the birds; they shall not be eaten; they are an abomination: the eagle, the sea-eagle, and the osprey.
Birds » Clean » Sparrow
And the priest commanded, and took for him being cleansed, two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and double scarlet, and hyssop.
Are not two little sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall to the earth without your Father. And also the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore; ye have the preeminence over many sparrows.
Birds » Propagated by eggs
When a bird's nest shall be found before thee in the way in any tree or upon the earth, the young broods or the eggs, and the mother reclining upon the young birds, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the mother upon the sons.
The partridge brooded and she brought not forth; to make riches and not in judgment, he shall leave them in the half of his days, and in his latter part he shall be foolish.
Birds » Clean » Partridge
The partridge brooded and she brought not forth; to make riches and not in judgment, he shall leave them in the half of his days, and in his latter part he shall be foolish.
And now my blood shall not fall to the earth from before the face of Jehovah; for the king of Israel came forth to seek one flea, as when the partridge will pursue in the mountains.
Birds » Clean » Pigeon
And if from the birds he brought near a burnt-offering to Jehovah, and he brought near from the turtle-doves, or from the sons of the dove his offering,
And in completing the days of her purification, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb, the son of his year, for a burnt-offering, and the son of a dove, or a turtle-dove, for the sin, to the door of the tent of appointment, to the priest
Birds » Make their nests » In clefts of rocks
And he will see the Kenite, and he will take up his parable, and say, Strong thy dwelling, and put thy nest in the rock.
Those inhabiting Moab, forsook the cities and dwelt in the rock, and they were as the dove, she will nest in the regions beyond the mouth of the pit
Birds » Unclean » Cormorant
And the pelican and the hedgehog shall possess it; the ibis and the raven shall dwell in it: and he stretched out upon it the line of desolation and the stones of emptiness.
Birds » Unclean » Stork
And the stork, the parrot according to its kind, and the hoopo and the bat
Birds » Inhabit » Deserted cities
And the pelican and the hedgehog shall possess it; the ibis and the raven shall dwell in it: and he stretched out upon it the line of desolation and the stones of emptiness.
And animals of the desert lighted upon the howlers, and the he goat shall call to his neighbor; also there the night spectre rested, and found for herself a resting place. There the arrow-snake nested, and she will lay eggs and hatch, and brood in her shadow: also there the falcons were collected, the female with her companion.
Birds » Songs of, at the break of day
Upon them the birds of the heavens shall dwell, from between their boughs they shall give a voice.
And the doors were shut in the street, in the lowness of the voice of the grinding, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of the song shall bow down;
The flowers were seen in the earth; the time of pruning came, and the voice of the turtle-dove was heard in our land.
Birds » Unclean » Pelican
And the swan, and the pelican, and the carrion vulture;
I was like to the pelican of the desert: I was as the owl of the dry places.
Birds » Unclean » Bat
In that day man shall cast the nothings of his silver and the nothings of his gold which they made for him to worship, to the digging of moles and to bats.
And the stork, the parrot according to its kind, and the hoopo and the bat
Birds » Clean » Offered in sacrifice
And Noah will build an altar to Jehovah, and will take from all clean cattle, and from all clean birds, and will bring up a burnt offering upon the altar.
And if from the birds he brought near a burnt-offering to Jehovah, and he brought near from the turtle-doves, or from the sons of the dove his offering,
Birds » Often remove from places suffering calamities
For the mountains I will lift up weeping and lamentation, and for the seats of the desert, a song of mourning, for they were burnt, from not a man passing through; and they heard not the voice of cattle: from the bird of the heavens and even to the cattle, they fled away, they departed.
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Ostriches
The wings of ostriches exulted; and the wing-feather of the stork and the pinion.
Also the dragons draw out the breast, they suckled their sucklings: the daughter of my people violent as the ostriches in the desert.
Birds » Illustrative » Of people of different countries
And all the birds of the heavens nested in his boughs, under his branches all the of the field brought forth, and in his shadow dwelt all the great nations.
Which truly is less than all seeds; but when it has grown, it is greater than vegetables, and becomes a tree, so that the flying things of heaven come and lodge in its young shoots.
Birds » Illustrative » Of the devil and his spirits
Every one hearing, and not understanding, the evil one comes, and carries off that sown in his heart. This is he having sown by the way.
And in his sowing some truly fell by the way, and the flying things came and swallowed them down.
Birds » Make their nests » In trees
And all the birds of the heavens nested in his boughs, under his branches all the of the field brought forth, and in his shadow dwelt all the great nations.
Birds » Illustrative » Of unsettled persons, &c
And it shall be as the bird fleeing, the nest cast out, the daughters of Moab shall be from the passages to Arnon.
Birds » Unclean » Bittern
And the pelican and the hedgehog shall possess it; the ibis and the raven shall dwell in it: and he stretched out upon it the line of desolation and the stones of emptiness.
And I set it for the possession of the hedge-hog, and pools of water: and I swept her with the broom of desolation, says Jehovah of armies.
Birds » Unclean » Eagle
And these ye shall abhor from the birds; they shall not be eaten; they are an abomination: the eagle, the sea-eagle, and the osprey.
If at thy mouth the eagle will lift itself up, and if it will raise up its nest?
Birds » Unclean » Raven
Who will prepare for the raven his food? for his young will cry to God; they will wander without food.
Birds » Unclean » Hawk
From thy understanding will the hawk mount upwards? will it stretch its wings to the south?
Birds » Unclean » Owl
And the daughter of the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seagull, and the hawk according to its kind;
I was a brother to jackals, and a companion to the daughters of the ostrich.
Birds » Clean » Crane
Also the stork in the heavens knew her appointment; and the turtle-dove, and the swallow, and the twitterer watched the time of their coming; and my people knew not the judgment of Jehovah.
As the twittering swallow so shall I chirp: I shall murmur as the dove: mine eyes languished for height: O Jehovah, oppression is to me; be surety for me.
Birds » Rest on trees
Its foliage beautiful, and its fruit great, and food for all in it: and the beasts of the open field will be shaded under it, the buds of the heavens will dwell in its boughs, and all flesh will be nourished from it
Which truly is less than all seeds; but when it has grown, it is greater than vegetables, and becomes a tree, so that the flying things of heaven come and lodge in its young shoots.
Birds » Created by God
And Jehovah God will form out of the earth every living thing of the field, and all the birds of the heavens, and he will bring in to the man to see what he will call to it; and all which the man will call it to the living soul, that its name.
And God will say the waters shall breed abundantly creeping things, the living soul, and birds shall fly over the earth, over the face of the firmament of the heavens.
Birds » Nests of
And Jesus says to him, The foxes have dens, and the fowls of heaven occupy nests; but the Son of man has not where he might recline the head.
Which truly is less than all seeds; but when it has grown, it is greater than vegetables, and becomes a tree, so that the flying things of heaven come and lodge in its young shoots.
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Peacocks
for a ship of Tharshish to the king in the sea with the ship of Hiram: one for three years will come, a ship of Tharshish lifting up gold and silver and ivory and apes and peacocks.
The wings of ostriches exulted; and the wing-feather of the stork and the pinion.
Birds » Unclean » Peacock
for a ship of Tharshish to the king in the sea with the ship of Hiram: one for three years will come, a ship of Tharshish lifting up gold and silver and ivory and apes and peacocks.
The wings of ostriches exulted; and the wing-feather of the stork and the pinion.
Birds » Clean » Swallow
Also the sparrow found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself where she put her young brood, thine altars, O Jehovah of armies, my King and my God.
As the twittering swallow so shall I chirp: I shall murmur as the dove: mine eyes languished for height: O Jehovah, oppression is to me; be surety for me.
Birds » What species were unclean
And these ye shall abhor from the birds; they shall not be eaten; they are an abomination: the eagle, the sea-eagle, and the osprey. And the vulture, and the kite according to its kind. Every raven according to its kind; read more.
And the daughter of the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seagull, and the hawk according to its kind; And the cormorant, and the gannet, and the owl; And the swan, and the pelican, and the carrion vulture; And the stork, the parrot according to its kind, and the hoopo and the bat All creeping birds going upon four, it is an abomination to you.
And this which ye shall not eat from them: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea eagle, And the vulture, and the kite, and the falcon according to its kind, And every raven according to his kind, read more.
And the daughter of the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after his kind, The cormorant, and the ibis and the heron, And the pelican, and the carrion vulture, and the gannet, And the stork, and the sand-piper, according to her kind; the hoopoe and the bat And every creeping thing flying it is unclean to you; they shall not be eaten.
Birds » Power over, given to man
And God will say, We will make man in our image according to our likeness, and they shall rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and every. creeping thing creeping upon the earth.
Birds » Appointed for food
And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every living thing of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens, upon every thing which shall creep along the earth and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand they were given. Every creeping thing which it lives shall be food to you as the green herb. I gave you all things.
All clean birds ye shall eat And this which ye shall not eat from them: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea eagle, And the vulture, and the kite, and the falcon according to its kind, read more.
And every raven according to his kind, And the daughter of the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after his kind, The cormorant, and the ibis and the heron, And the pelican, and the carrion vulture, and the gannet, And the stork, and the sand-piper, according to her kind; the hoopoe and the bat And every creeping thing flying it is unclean to you; they shall not be eaten. Every clean flying thing ye shall eat
Birds » Unclean » Ostrich
The wings of ostriches exulted; and the wing-feather of the stork and the pinion.
Birds » Differ in flesh from beasts and fishes
Not all flesh the same flesh: but one truly flesh of men, and another of cattle, and another of fishes, and another of flying things.
Birds » Cages of
And he cried with a great, strong voice, saying, She fell, Babylon the great fell, and became the dwelling of devils, and the prison of every unclean spirit, and the prison of every unclean and detested bird.
Birds » Habits of
The wings of ostriches exulted; and the wing-feather of the stork and the pinion. For she will leave her eggs to the earth, and she will warm them in the dust; And she will forget that the foot will press it, and the beast of the field will crush it read more.
She made hard to her sons as not to her: her labor in vain without fear; For God caused her to forget wisdom, and he divided not to her in understanding. For the time she will lash herself up upon height, she will laugh at the horse and at his rider.
From thy understanding will the hawk mount upwards? will it stretch its wings to the south? If at thy mouth the eagle will lift itself up, and if it will raise up its nest? She will dwell in the rock, and she will lodge upon the cliff of the rock and the fortress. read more.
From thence it sought food; far off shall its eyes behold. Her young shall suck up the blood: and where the wounded, there is she.
Birds » Not to be eaten with their young
When a bird's nest shall be found before thee in the way in any tree or upon the earth, the young broods or the eggs, and the mother reclining upon the young birds, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the mother upon the sons. Sending, thou shalt send away the mother, and the sons thou shalt take to thee, so that it shall be well to thee and thou prolongedst the days.
Birds » Illustrative » (snaring,) of death
For also man knew not his time: as the fishes being laid hold of in an evil net, and as the birds laid hold of in the snare, as they, the sons of men being snared for an evil time, as it will fall upon them suddenly.
Birds » Unclean » Glede
And the vulture, and the kite, and the falcon according to its kind,
Birds » Domesticated
For every nature of beasts, and also of birds, of creeping things, and also of things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by the nature of man:
Birds » Make their nests » On the ground
When a bird's nest shall be found before thee in the way in any tree or upon the earth, the young broods or the eggs, and the mother reclining upon the young birds, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the mother upon the sons.
Birds » Called » Winged fowl
The model of any cattle that is upon the earth, the model of any winged bird that shall fly in the heavens,
Birds » No likeness of, to be made for worship
The model of any cattle that is upon the earth, the model of any winged bird that shall fly in the heavens,
Birds » Unclean » Ossifrage
And these ye shall abhor from the birds; they shall not be eaten; they are an abomination: the eagle, the sea-eagle, and the osprey.
Birds » Unclean » Little owl
Birds » Unclean » Gier eagle
And the swan, and the pelican, and the carrion vulture;
Birds » Unclean » Great owl
Birds » Unclean » Lapwing
And the stork, the parrot according to its kind, and the hoopo and the bat
Birds » Unclean » Osprey
And these ye shall abhor from the birds; they shall not be eaten; they are an abomination: the eagle, the sea-eagle, and the osprey.
Birds » Unclean » Cuckoo
And the daughter of the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seagull, and the hawk according to its kind;
Birds » Unclean » Heron
And the stork, the parrot according to its kind, and the hoopo and the bat
Birds » Unclean » Kite
Birds » Unclean » Swan
And the swan, and the pelican, and the carrion vulture;
Birds » Unclean » Night hawk
And the daughter of the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seagull, and the hawk according to its kind;
Birds » Clean » Quail
I heard the murmurings of the sons of Israel; speak to them, saying, Between the two evenings ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread: and ye knew that I am Jehovah your God. And it shall be in the evening, the quail shall come up and shall cover the camp: and in the morning the dew was lying round about the camp.
Birds » Names given to, by adam
And Jehovah God will form out of the earth every living thing of the field, and all the birds of the heavens, and he will bring in to the man to see what he will call to it; and all which the man will call it to the living soul, that its name. And the man will call the names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every living thing of the field; but to the man was not found a help as before him.
Birds » The blood of, not to be eaten
And any blood ye shall not eat in any of your dwellings, of fowl, and of cattle.
Birds » Illustrative » Of hostile nations
The ravenous hyena is my inheritance to me, rushing round about upon her; go ye, gather together all the beasts of the field, set ye upon to eat her.
Birds » Called » Feathered fowl
And thou, son of man, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Say to the bird of every wing and to all the beasts of the field, Gather yourselves together, and come; assemble yourselves from round about to my sacrifice which I sacrifice to you, a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel; and ye ate flesh and drank blood.
Birds » Confinement » Cages
As a cane full of birds, so their houses full of deceit: for this they were magnified and they will be rich.
Birds » Are hostile to strange kinds
The ravenous hyena is my inheritance to me, rushing round about upon her; go ye, gather together all the beasts of the field, set ye upon to eat her.
Birds » Taken in snares or nets
For gratuitously the net was spread in the eyes of all possessing a wing.
Birds » Given as food to man
And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every living thing of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens, upon every thing which shall creep along the earth and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand they were given. Every creeping thing which it lives shall be food to you as the green herb. I gave you all things.
Birds » Make their nests » Deserted cities
There the arrow-snake nested, and she will lay eggs and hatch, and brood in her shadow: also there the falcons were collected, the female with her companion.
Birds » Illustrative » Of cruel and rapacious kings
Calling a ravenous beast from the sunrising, from a land afar off a man of my counsel: also I spake, also I will bring it; I formed, also I will do it.
Birds » Inhabit » Marshes
And I set it for the possession of the hedge-hog, and pools of water: and I swept her with the broom of desolation, says Jehovah of armies.
Birds » Called » Birds of the air
And Jesus says to him, The foxes have dens, and the fowls of heaven occupy nests; but the Son of man has not where he might recline the head.
Birds » Early distinguished into clean and clean
And Noah will build an altar to Jehovah, and will take from all clean cattle, and from all clean birds, and will bring up a burnt offering upon the altar.
Birds » Herb of the field given as food to
And to every living thing of the earth, and to all the birds of the heavens and to every thing creeping upon the earth, in which is a living soul, every green herb for food: and it shall be so.
Birds » Created for the glory of God
Birds » Many kinds of, granivorous
And in his sowing some truly fell by the way, and the flying things came and swallowed them down.
Birds » Many kinds of, migratory
Also the stork in the heavens knew her appointment; and the turtle-dove, and the swallow, and the twitterer watched the time of their coming; and my people knew not the judgment of Jehovah.
Birds » Make, and dwell in nests
And Jesus says to him, The foxes have dens, and the fowls of heaven occupy nests; but the Son of man has not where he might recline the head.
Birds » Fly above the earth
And God will say the waters shall breed abundantly creeping things, the living soul, and birds shall fly over the earth, over the face of the firmament of the heavens.
Birds » Solomon wrote the history of
And he will speak concerning the woods, from the cedar which is in Lebanon, even to the hyssop which went forth on the wall: and he will speak upon the cattle, and upon the birds, and upon the creeping things, and upon the fishes.
Birds » Inhabit » Mountains
I knew all the birds of the mountains and the moving things of the field with me.
Birds » Inhabit » Deserts
I was like to the pelican of the desert: I was as the owl of the dry places.
Birds » Called » Fowls of the air
Also of birds of the heavens, seven: seven male and female, to preserve alive seed upon the face of all the earth.
Birds » Clean » Dove
And he shall send forth the dove from with him to see if the waters were diminished from the face of the earth.
Birds » Often worshipped by idolaters
And they changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of flying things, and of creeping things, and of quadrupeds.
Birds » Furnished with claws
In the same moment the word was added upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven out from men, and he shall eat the green herb as oxen, and from the dew of the heavens his body shall be wet till that his hair was increased as eagles, and his nails as birds'.
Birds » Instinctively fear man
And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every living thing of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens, upon every thing which shall creep along the earth and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand they were given.
Birds » The property of God
I knew all the birds of the mountains and the moving things of the field with me.
Birds » Make their nests » Under the roofs of houses
Also the sparrow found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself where she put her young brood, thine altars, O Jehovah of armies, my King and my God.
Birds » Creation of, on the fifth creative day
And God will say the waters shall breed abundantly creeping things, the living soul, and birds shall fly over the earth, over the face of the firmament of the heavens. And God will form great sea. monsters and every living soul creeping, which the waters bred abundantly according to their kind, and every bird of wing according to its kind: and God will see that it is good. And God will praise them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and birds shall multiply in the earth. read more.
And the evening shall be, and the morning shall be the fifth day. And God will say, the earth shall bring forth the living soul according to its kind, cattle and creeping things, and living things of the earth after its kind: and it shall be so. And God will make the living thing of the earth according to its kind, and cattle according to its kind, and every creeping thing of the earth according to its kind: and God will see that it is And God will say, We will make man in our image according to our likeness, and they shall rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and every. creeping thing creeping upon the earth. And God will form man in his image, in the image of God he formed him; male and female he formed them. And God will praise them, and God will say to them, be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing creeping upon the earth. And God will say, Lo, I gave to you every green herb scattering seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree scattering seed; to you it shall be for food. And to every living thing of the earth, and to all the birds of the heavens and to every thing creeping upon the earth, in which is a living soul, every green herb for food: and it shall be so.
Birds » Called » Fowls of heaven
And who teacheth us from the cattle of the earth, and he will make us wise above the birds of the heavens?
Birds » Moses' law protected the mother from being taken with the young
When a bird's nest shall be found before thee in the way in any tree or upon the earth, the young broods or the eggs, and the mother reclining upon the young birds, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the mother upon the sons. Sending, thou shalt send away the mother, and the sons thou shalt take to thee, so that it shall be well to thee and thou prolongedst the days.
Birds » Instinct of, inferior to man's reason
And who teacheth us from the cattle of the earth, and he will make us wise above the birds of the heavens?
Birds » Can all be tamed
For every nature of beasts, and also of birds, of creeping things, and also of things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by the nature of man:
Birds » Solomon's proverbs of
And he will speak concerning the woods, from the cedar which is in Lebanon, even to the hyssop which went forth on the wall: and he will speak upon the cattle, and upon the birds, and upon the creeping things, and upon the fishes.
Birds » Lessons of wisdom to be learned from
But ask now the beasts and they shall teach thee; and the birds of the heavens, and they shall announce to thee:
Birds » Migrate
Also the stork in the heavens knew her appointment; and the turtle-dove, and the swallow, and the twitterer watched the time of their coming; and my people knew not the judgment of Jehovah.
Birds » Instincts of
For gratuitously the net was spread in the eyes of all possessing a wing.
Birds » Figurative » Symbolical
After this I was seeing, and lo, another, as a panther, and to it four wings of a bird upon its back, and four heads to the beast; and dominion was given to it
Topics on Birds
Birds Eating
Genesis 40:19Yet in three days, Pharaoh will lift up thy head above thee, and hang thee upon a tree, and the birds shall eat thy flesh from thee.
Birds Of Prey
Genesis 15:11And the birds will come down upon the dead carcases, and Abram will drive them together.
Birds, Features Of
Genesis 1:20And God will say the waters shall breed abundantly creeping things, the living soul, and birds shall fly over the earth, over the face of the firmament of the heavens.
Birds, Figurative Use
Psalm 124:7Our soul as a sparrow was delivered from the snare of the fowlers: the snare was broken and we were delivered.
Birds, Types Of Birds
Leviticus 11:13And these ye shall abhor from the birds; they shall not be eaten; they are an abomination: the eagle, the sea-eagle, and the osprey.
Wings Of Birds
Psalm 91:4He will cover thee with his wing feathers, and under his wings thou shalt trust: his truth a shield and buckler.
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