17 Bible Verses about Birds
Most Relevant Verses
Look at the birds which fly in the air: they do not sow or reap or store up in barns, but your Heavenly Father feeds them: are not you of much greater value than they?
Observe the ravens. They neither sow nor reap, and have neither store-chamber nor barn. And yet God feeds them. How far more precious are you than the birds!
It is the smallest of all seeds, and yet when full-grown it is larger than any herb and forms a tree, so that the birds come and build in its branches."
For brute nature under all its forms--beasts and birds, reptiles and fishes--can be subjected and kept in subjection by human nature.
Do not two sparrows sell for a halfpenny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's leave.
"Foxes have holes," replied Jesus, "and birds have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."
All flesh is not the same: there is human flesh, and flesh of cattle, of birds, and of fishes.
"The foxes have holes," said Jesus, "and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."
and, instead of worshipping the imperishable God, they worshipped images resembling perishable man or resembling birds or beasts or reptiles.
From Thematic Bible
Birds » General references to
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Pigeons, offered in sacrifice
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Ravens
Observe the ravens. They neither sow nor reap, and have neither store-chamber nor barn. And yet God feeds them. How far more precious are you than the birds!
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Eagles, a type of swiftness
Birds » Names of » Cormorants
Birds » Names of » Doves, a type of purity
"Remember it is I who am sending you out, as sheep into the midst of wolves; prove yourselves as sagacious as serpents, and as innocent as doves.
and Jesus was baptized, and immediately went up from the water. At that moment the heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him,
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Vultures
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Storks
Birds » Man's dominion over
For brute nature under all its forms--beasts and birds, reptiles and fishes--can be subjected and kept in subjection by human nature.
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Turtle doves, offered in sacrifice
And they also offered a sacrifice as commanded in the Law of the Lord, "a pair of turtle doves or two young pigeons."
Birds » Have each their peculiar note or song
Birds » The singing of
Birds » The nests of
"Foxes have holes," replied Jesus, "and birds have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."
Birds » Often suffered for man's sin
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Sparrows
Do not two sparrows sell for a halfpenny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's leave.
Are not five sparrows sold for a penny? and yet not one of them is a thing forgotten in God's sight.
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Owls
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Pelicans
Birds » Many kinds of, carnivorous
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Hawks
Birds » Illustrative » (snaring,) of designs of the wicked
Birds » Clean » Cock and hen
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! thou who murderest the Prophets and stonest those who have been sent to thee! how often have I desired to gather thy children to me, just as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not come!
"In solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that this very night, before the cock crows, you will three times disown me."
Then with curses and oaths he declared, "I do not know the man." Immediately a cock crowed,
Birds » God provides for
Look at the birds which fly in the air: they do not sow or reap or store up in barns, but your Heavenly Father feeds them: are not you of much greater value than they?
For life is a greater gift than food, and the body is a greater gift than clothing. Observe the ravens. They neither sow nor reap, and have neither store-chamber nor barn. And yet God feeds them. How far more precious are you than the birds!
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Quails
Birds » Divine care of
Observe the ravens. They neither sow nor reap, and have neither store-chamber nor barn. And yet God feeds them. How far more precious are you than the birds!
Do not two sparrows sell for a halfpenny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's leave.
Are not five sparrows sold for a penny? and yet not one of them is a thing forgotten in God's sight.
Birds » God's care for
Look at the birds which fly in the air: they do not sow or reap or store up in barns, but your Heavenly Father feeds them: are not you of much greater value than they?
Are not five sparrows sold for a penny? and yet not one of them is a thing forgotten in God's sight.
Birds » Unclean » Vultures
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Swallows
Birds » Clean » Turtle
Birds » Clean » To be eaten
Birds » Rapid flight of, alluded to
Birds » Figurative
Birds » Unclean » Not to be eaten
Birds » Clean » Sparrow
Do not two sparrows sell for a halfpenny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's leave. But as for you, the very hairs on your heads are all numbered. Away then with fear; you are more precious than a multitude of sparrows.
Birds » Propagated by eggs
Birds » Clean » Partridge
Birds » Clean » Pigeon
Birds » Make their nests » In clefts of rocks
Birds » Unclean » Cormorant
Birds » Unclean » Stork
Birds » Inhabit » Deserted cities
Birds » Songs of, at the break of day
Birds » Unclean » Pelican
Birds » Unclean » Bat
Birds » Clean » Offered in sacrifice
Birds » Often remove from places suffering calamities
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Ostriches
Birds » Illustrative » Of people of different countries
It is the smallest of all seeds, and yet when full-grown it is larger than any herb and forms a tree, so that the birds come and build in its branches."
Birds » Illustrative » Of the devil and his spirits
When a man hears the Message concerning the Kingdom and does not understand it, the Evil one comes and catches away what has been sown in his heart. This is he who has received the seed by the road-side.
Birds » Make their nests » In trees
Birds » Illustrative » Of unsettled persons, &c
Birds » Unclean » Bittern
Birds » Unclean » Eagle
Birds » Unclean » Raven
Birds » Unclean » Hawk
Birds » Unclean » Owl
Birds » Clean » Crane
Birds » Rest on trees
It is the smallest of all seeds, and yet when full-grown it is larger than any herb and forms a tree, so that the birds come and build in its branches."
Birds » Created by God
Birds » Nests of
"Foxes have holes," replied Jesus, "and birds have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."
It is the smallest of all seeds, and yet when full-grown it is larger than any herb and forms a tree, so that the birds come and build in its branches."
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Peacocks
Birds » Unclean » Peacock
Birds » Clean » Swallow
Birds » What species were unclean
Birds » Power over, given to man
Birds » Appointed for food
Birds » Unclean » Ostrich
Birds » Differ in flesh from beasts and fishes
All flesh is not the same: there is human flesh, and flesh of cattle, of birds, and of fishes.
Birds » Cages of
and with a mighty voice he cried out, saying, "Great Babylon has fallen, has fallen, and has become a home for demons and a stronghold for every kind of foul spirit and for every kind of foul and hateful bird.
Birds » Habits of
Birds » Not to be eaten with their young
Birds » Illustrative » (snaring,) of death
Birds » Unclean » Glede
Birds » Domesticated
For brute nature under all its forms--beasts and birds, reptiles and fishes--can be subjected and kept in subjection by human nature.
Birds » Make their nests » On the ground
Birds » Called » Winged fowl
Birds » No likeness of, to be made for worship
Birds » Unclean » Ossifrage
Birds » Unclean » Little owl
Birds » Unclean » Gier eagle
Birds » Unclean » Great owl
Birds » Unclean » Lapwing
Birds » Unclean » Osprey
Birds » Unclean » Cuckoo
Birds » Unclean » Heron
Birds » Unclean » Kite
Birds » Unclean » Swan
Birds » Unclean » Night hawk
Birds » Clean » Quail
Birds » Names given to, by adam
Birds » The blood of, not to be eaten
Birds » Illustrative » Of hostile nations
Birds » Called » Feathered fowl
Birds » Confinement » Cages
Birds » Are hostile to strange kinds
Birds » Taken in snares or nets
Birds » Given as food to man
Birds » Make their nests » Deserted cities
Birds » Illustrative » Of cruel and rapacious kings
Birds » Inhabit » Marshes
Birds » Called » Birds of the air
"Foxes have holes," replied Jesus, "and birds have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."
Birds » Early distinguished into clean and clean
Birds » Herb of the field given as food to
Birds » Created for the glory of God
Birds » Many kinds of, granivorous
Birds » Many kinds of, migratory
Birds » Make, and dwell in nests
"Foxes have holes," replied Jesus, "and birds have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."
Birds » Fly above the earth
Birds » Solomon wrote the history of
Birds » Inhabit » Mountains
Birds » Inhabit » Deserts
Birds » Called » Fowls of the air
Birds » Clean » Dove
Birds » Often worshipped by idolaters
and, instead of worshipping the imperishable God, they worshipped images resembling perishable man or resembling birds or beasts or reptiles.
Birds » Furnished with claws
Birds » Instinctively fear man
Birds » The property of God
Birds » Make their nests » Under the roofs of houses
Birds » Creation of, on the fifth creative day
Birds » Called » Fowls of heaven
Birds » Moses' law protected the mother from being taken with the young
Birds » Instinct of, inferior to man's reason
Birds » Can all be tamed
For brute nature under all its forms--beasts and birds, reptiles and fishes--can be subjected and kept in subjection by human nature.
Birds » Solomon's proverbs of
Birds » Lessons of wisdom to be learned from
Birds » Migrate
Birds » Instincts of
Birds » Figurative » Symbolical
Topics on Birds
Birds Eating
Matthew 13:4As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.
Birds Of Prey
Revelation 19:17And I saw a single angel standing in the full light of the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds that flew across the sky, "Come and be present at God's great supper,
Birds, Features Of
1 Corinthians 15:39All flesh is not the same: there is human flesh, and flesh of cattle, of birds, and of fishes.
Birds, Types Of Birds
Mark 14:30"I solemnly tell you," replied Jesus, "that to-day--this night--before the cock crows twice, you yourself will three times disown me."
Wings Of Birds
Revelation 12:14Then, the two wings of a great eagle were given to the woman to enable her to fly away into the Desert to the place assigned her, there to be cared for, for a period of time, two periods of time, and half a period of time, beyond the reach of the serpent.
Related Topics
- Animal Life
- Animals Eating People
- Animals Having A Soul
- Animals, God's Care Of
- Beauty And Self Worth
- Birds Of Prey
- Birds, Features Of
- Birds, Figurative Use
- Birds, Types Of Birds
- Blessings, Temporal
- Eating Corpses
- Feeding
- Fish
- God Feeds All The Earth
- God's Provision
- God, Fatherhood Of
