54 Bible Verses about Birds

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Psalm 84:3

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.

Job 12:7

But ask now the beasts and they shall teach thee; and the birds of the heavens, and they shall announce to thee:

Psalm 104:12

Upon them the birds of the heavens shall dwell, from between their boughs they shall give a voice.

Matthew 13:32

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.

Psalm 50:11

I knew all the birds of the mountains and the moving things of the field with me.

Psalm 8:8

And the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, passing through the paths of the seas.

James 3:7

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:

Ezekiel 31:6

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.

Ecclesiastes 10:20

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.

Jeremiah 4:25

I saw, and behold, no man, and all the birds of the heavens fled away.

Jeremiah 12:9

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.

Matthew 13:4

And in his sowing some truly fell by the way, and the flying things came and swallowed them down.

Isaiah 46:11

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.

Genesis 15:11

And the birds will come down upon the dead carcases, and Abram will drive them together.

Isaiah 16:2

And it shall be as the bird fleeing, the nest cast out, the daughters of Moab shall be from the passages to Arnon.

Leviticus 11:13

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.

Jeremiah 7:33

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.

Hosea 4:3

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.

2 Samuel 21:10

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

1 Corinthians 15:39

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.

Psalm 124:7

Our soul as a sparrow was delivered from the snare of the fowlers: the snare was broken and we were delivered.

Ezekiel 38:20

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.

Isaiah 31:5

Its birds flying, so will Jehovah of armies cover over Jerusalem, covering and he delivered; and passing over he saved.

Job 28:7

A beaten path the birds knew not, and the vulture's eye scanned it not:

Jeremiah 5:27

As a cane full of birds, so their houses full of deceit: for this they were magnified and they will be rich.

1 Samuel 17:44

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.

Genesis 1:21

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.

Jeremiah 5:26

for evil ones were found among my people: he will look about as the stooping of fowlers; they set snares, they will take men.

Ezekiel 13:20

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.

Psalm 79:2

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.

Psalm 104:17

Where there the sparrows will nest: the stork, the cypresses her house.

Genesis 2:20

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.

Proverbs 27:8

As the bird wandering from her nest, so is a man wandering from his place.

Hosea 2:18

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.

Daniel 2:38

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.

Romans 1:23

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.

Leviticus 14:50

And he slaughtered the one bird into a vessel of earthen, over living water.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

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.

Deuteronomy 22:6

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.

Genesis 15:10

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

Proverbs 26:2

As the sparrow for wandering, as the swallow for flying, so the curse shall not come in vain.

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Birds » General references to

Genesis 9:2

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.

Deuteronomy 14:11

All clean birds ye shall eat

Deuteronomy 22:6

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.

Genesis 1:20

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

Genesis 15:9

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.

Leviticus 12:8

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.

Leviticus 1:14

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,

Leviticus 5:7

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.

Leviticus 14:22

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.

More verses: Luke 2:24

Birds » Used as sacrifices » Ravens

Genesis 8:7

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.

Deuteronomy 14:14

And every raven according to his kind,

1 Kings 17:4

And being thou shalt drink from the torrent; and I commanded the ravens to nourish thee there.

More verses: Proverbs 30:17

Birds » Used as sacrifices » Eagles, a type of swiftness

Exodus 19:4

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.

2 Samuel 1:23

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.

Job 9:26

They glided along with the ships of desire: as the eagle will pounce upon food.

Birds » Names of » Cormorants

Leviticus 11:17

And the cormorant, and the gannet, and the owl;

Deuteronomy 14:17

And the pelican, and the carrion vulture, and the gannet,

Isaiah 34:11

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.

Zephaniah 2:14

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

Psalm 68:13

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.

Song of Songs 6:9

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.

Birds » Used as sacrifices » Vultures

Deuteronomy 14:13

And the vulture, and the kite, and the falcon according to its kind,

Job 28:7

A beaten path the birds knew not, and the vulture's eye scanned it not:

Isaiah 34:15

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

Jeremiah 8:7

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.

Leviticus 11:19

And the stork, the parrot according to its kind, and the hoopo and the bat

Psalm 104:17

Where there the sparrows will nest: the stork, the cypresses her house.

Zechariah 5:9

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

Jeremiah 27:6

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.

James 3:7

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:

Genesis 9:2-3

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.

More verses: Daniel 2:38 Psalm 8:5-8

Birds » Used as sacrifices » Turtle doves, offered in sacrifice

Genesis 15:9

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.

Leviticus 1:14

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,

Luke 2:24

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.

Numbers 6:10

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

Psalm 104:12

Upon them the birds of the heavens shall dwell, from between their boughs they shall give a voice.

Ecclesiastes 12:4

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;

Song of Songs 2:12

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

Psalm 104:12

Upon them the birds of the heavens shall dwell, from between their boughs they shall give a voice.

Ecclesiastes 12:4

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;

Song of Songs 2:12

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

Isaiah 34:15

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.

Psalm 104:17

Where there the sparrows will nest: the stork, the cypresses her house.

Psalm 84:3

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

Jeremiah 12:4

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

Genesis 6:7

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.

Hosea 4:3

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.

Ezekiel 38:20

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

Luke 12:6

Are not five little sparrows sold for two small coins, and one of them is not forgotten before God?

Psalm 84:3

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

Isaiah 34:14

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.

Leviticus 11:16

And the daughter of the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seagull, and the hawk according to its kind;

Deuteronomy 14:16

The cormorant, and the ibis and the heron,

Birds » Used as sacrifices » Pelicans

Deuteronomy 14:17

And the pelican, and the carrion vulture, and the gannet,

Leviticus 11:18

And the swan, and the pelican, and the carrion vulture;

Psalm 102:6

I was like to the pelican of the desert: I was as the owl of the dry places.

Birds » Many kinds of, carnivorous

Genesis 15:11

And the birds will come down upon the dead carcases, and Abram will drive them together.

Genesis 40:19

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

Leviticus 11:16

And the daughter of the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seagull, and the hawk according to its kind;

Deuteronomy 14:15

And the daughter of the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after his kind,

Job 39:26

From thy understanding will the hawk mount upwards? will it stretch its wings to the south?

Birds » Illustrative » (snaring,) of designs of the wicked

Psalm 124:7

Our soul as a sparrow was delivered from the snare of the fowlers: the snare was broken and we were delivered.

Proverbs 1:10-17

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.

Proverbs 7:23

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

Birds » God provides for

Psalm 104:1-12

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.

Luke 12:23-24

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

Exodus 16:13

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.

Numbers 11:31

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.

Psalm 105:40

Asking, and he will bring the quail, and he will fill them with the bread of the heavens.

Birds » Divine care of

Job 38:41

Who will prepare for the raven his food? for his young will cry to God; they will wander without food.

Luke 12:6

Are not five little sparrows sold for two small coins, and one of them is not forgotten before God?

Birds » God's care for

Luke 12:6

Are not five little sparrows sold for two small coins, and one of them is not forgotten before God?

Deuteronomy 22:6

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

Job 28:7

A beaten path the birds knew not, and the vulture's eye scanned it not:

Isaiah 34:15

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

Jeremiah 8:7

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.

Psalm 84:3

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.

Isaiah 38:14

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

Leviticus 14:22

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.

Song of Songs 2:12

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

Deuteronomy 14:11

All clean birds ye shall eat

Deuteronomy 14:20

Every clean flying thing ye shall eat

Birds » Rapid flight of, alluded to

Hosea 11:11

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.

Isaiah 31:5

Its birds flying, so will Jehovah of armies cover over Jerusalem, covering and he delivered; and passing over he saved.

Birds » Figurative

Isaiah 16:2

And it shall be as the bird fleeing, the nest cast out, the daughters of Moab shall be from the passages to Arnon.

Isaiah 46:11

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.

Jeremiah 12:9

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.

Ezekiel 39:4

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

Leviticus 11:13

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.

Leviticus 11:17

And the cormorant, and the gannet, and the owl;

Birds » Clean » Sparrow

Leviticus 14:4

And the priest commanded, and took for him being cleansed, two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and double scarlet, and hyssop.

Matthew 10:29-31

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

Deuteronomy 22:6

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 » Clean » Partridge

1 Samuel 26:20

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

Leviticus 1:14

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,

Leviticus 12:6

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

Numbers 24:21

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.

Jeremiah 48:28

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

Leviticus 11:17

And the cormorant, and the gannet, and the owl;

Isaiah 34:11

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

Leviticus 11:19

And the stork, the parrot according to its kind, and the hoopo and the bat

Psalm 104:17

Where there the sparrows will nest: the stork, the cypresses her house.

Birds » Inhabit » Deserted cities

Isaiah 34:11

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.

Isaiah 34:14-15

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

Psalm 104:12

Upon them the birds of the heavens shall dwell, from between their boughs they shall give a voice.

Ecclesiastes 12:4

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;

Song of Songs 2:12

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

Leviticus 11:18

And the swan, and the pelican, and the carrion vulture;

Psalm 102:6

I was like to the pelican of the desert: I was as the owl of the dry places.

Birds » Unclean » Bat

Isaiah 2:20

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.

Leviticus 11:19

And the stork, the parrot according to its kind, and the hoopo and the bat

Birds » Clean » Offered in sacrifice

Leviticus 1:14

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

Jeremiah 4:25

I saw, and behold, no man, and all the birds of the heavens fled away.

Jeremiah 9:10

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

Job 39:13

The wings of ostriches exulted; and the wing-feather of the stork and the pinion.

Lamentations 4:3

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

Ezekiel 31:6

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.

Matthew 13:32

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

Matthew 13:4

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

Psalm 104:17

Where there the sparrows will nest: the stork, the cypresses her house.

Ezekiel 31:6

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

Isaiah 16:2

And it shall be as the bird fleeing, the nest cast out, the daughters of Moab shall be from the passages to Arnon.

Proverbs 27:8

As the bird wandering from her nest, so is a man wandering from his place.

Birds » Unclean » Bittern

Isaiah 34:11

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.

Isaiah 14:23

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

Leviticus 11:13

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.

Job 39:27

If at thy mouth the eagle will lift itself up, and if it will raise up its nest?

Birds » Unclean » Raven

Job 38:41

Who will prepare for the raven his food? for his young will cry to God; they will wander without food.

Birds » Unclean » Hawk

Leviticus 11:17

And the cormorant, and the gannet, and the owl;

Job 39:26

From thy understanding will the hawk mount upwards? will it stretch its wings to the south?

Birds » Unclean » Owl

Leviticus 11:16

And the daughter of the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seagull, and the hawk according to its kind;

Job 30:29

I was a brother to jackals, and a companion to the daughters of the ostrich.

Birds » Clean » Crane

Jeremiah 8:7

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.

Isaiah 38:14

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

Daniel 4:12

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

Matthew 13:32

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

Genesis 2:19

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.

Genesis 1:20

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

Psalm 104:17

Where there the sparrows will nest: the stork, the cypresses her house.

Matthew 13:32

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

1 Kings 10:22

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.

Job 39:13

The wings of ostriches exulted; and the wing-feather of the stork and the pinion.

Birds » Unclean » Peacock

1 Kings 10:22

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.

Job 39:13

The wings of ostriches exulted; and the wing-feather of the stork and the pinion.

Birds » Clean » Swallow

Psalm 84:3

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.

Isaiah 38:14

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

Leviticus 11:13-20

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.

Deuteronomy 14:12-19

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

Psalm 8:8

And the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, passing through the paths of the seas.

Birds » Appointed for food

Genesis 9:2-3

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.

Deuteronomy 14:11-20

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

Job 39:13

The wings of ostriches exulted; and the wing-feather of the stork and the pinion.

Job 39:18

For the time she will lash herself up upon height, she will laugh at the horse and at his rider.

Birds » Differ in flesh from beasts and fishes

1 Corinthians 15:39

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

Revelation 18:2

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

Job 39:13-18

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.

Job 39:26-30

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

Deuteronomy 22:6-7

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

Ecclesiastes 9:12

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

Deuteronomy 14:13

And the vulture, and the kite, and the falcon according to its kind,

Birds » Domesticated

James 3:7

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:

Job 41:5

Wilt thou play with him as a bird? and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

Birds » Make their nests » On the ground

Deuteronomy 22:6

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

Deuteronomy 4:17

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

Deuteronomy 4:17

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

Leviticus 11:13

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

Leviticus 11:17

And the cormorant, and the gannet, and the owl;

Birds » Unclean » Gier eagle

Leviticus 11:18

And the swan, and the pelican, and the carrion vulture;

Birds » Unclean » Great owl

Leviticus 11:17

And the cormorant, and the gannet, and the owl;

Birds » Unclean » Lapwing

Leviticus 11:19

And the stork, the parrot according to its kind, and the hoopo and the bat

Birds » Unclean » Osprey

Leviticus 11:13

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

Leviticus 11:16

And the daughter of the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seagull, and the hawk according to its kind;

Birds » Unclean » Heron

Leviticus 11:19

And the stork, the parrot according to its kind, and the hoopo and the bat

Birds » Unclean » Kite

Birds » Unclean » Swan

Leviticus 11:18

And the swan, and the pelican, and the carrion vulture;

Birds » Unclean » Night hawk

Leviticus 11:16

And the daughter of the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seagull, and the hawk according to its kind;

Birds » Clean » Quail

Exodus 16:12-13

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

Genesis 2:19-20

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

Leviticus 7:26

And any blood ye shall not eat in any of your dwellings, of fowl, and of cattle.

Birds » Illustrative » Of hostile nations

Jeremiah 12:9

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

Ezekiel 39:17

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

Jeremiah 5:27

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

Jeremiah 12:9

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

Proverbs 1:17

For gratuitously the net was spread in the eyes of all possessing a wing.

Birds » Given as food to man

Genesis 9:2-3

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

Isaiah 34:15

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

Isaiah 46:11

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

Isaiah 14:23

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

Birds » Early distinguished into clean and clean

Birds » Herb of the field given as food to

Genesis 1:30

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

Psalm 148:10

The beast and all cattle; the creeping thing, and the bird of wing:

Birds » Many kinds of, granivorous

Matthew 13:4

And in his sowing some truly fell by the way, and the flying things came and swallowed them down.

Birds » Many kinds of, migratory

Jeremiah 8:7

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

Birds » Fly above the earth

Genesis 1:20

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

1 Kings 4:33

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

Psalm 50:11

I knew all the birds of the mountains and the moving things of the field with me.

Birds » Inhabit » Deserts

Psalm 102:6

I was like to the pelican of the desert: I was as the owl of the dry places.

Birds » Called » Fowls of the air

Genesis 7:3

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

Genesis 8:8

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

Romans 1:23

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

Daniel 4:33

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

Genesis 9:2

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

Psalm 50:11

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

Psalm 84:3

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

Genesis 1:20-30

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

Job 35:11

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

Deuteronomy 22:6-7

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

Job 35:11

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

James 3:7

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

1 Kings 4:33

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

Job 12:7

But ask now the beasts and they shall teach thee; and the birds of the heavens, and they shall announce to thee:

Birds » Migrate

Jeremiah 8:7

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

Proverbs 1:17

For gratuitously the net was spread in the eyes of all possessing a wing.

Birds » Figurative » Symbolical

Daniel 7:6

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 40:19

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 Of Prey

Genesis 15:11

And the birds will come down upon the dead carcases, and Abram will drive them together.

Birds, Features Of

Genesis 1:20

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, Figurative Use

Psalm 124:7

Our 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 11:13

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.

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