10 Bible Verses about Instinct
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But these men, like irrational animals -- creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed -- do not understand whom they are insulting, and consequently in their destruction they will be destroyed,
There are four things on earth that are small, but they are exceedingly wise:
An ox recognizes its owner, a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food; but Israel does not recognize me, my people do not understand."
Even the stork knows when it is time to move on. The turtledove, swallow, and crane recognize the normal times for their migration. But my people pay no attention to what I, the Lord, require of them.
But these men do not understand the things they slander, and they are being destroyed by the very things that, like irrational animals, they instinctively comprehend.
These people are divisive, worldly, devoid of the Spirit.
It has no commander, overseer, or ruler, yet it prepares its food in the summer; it gathers at the harvest what it will eat.
ants are creatures with little strength, but they prepare their food in the summer;
From Thematic Bible
Instinct » Of animals
An ox recognizes its owner, a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food; but Israel does not recognize me, my people do not understand."
Instinct » Of birds
Even the stork knows when it is time to move on. The turtledove, swallow, and crane recognize the normal times for their migration. But my people pay no attention to what I, the Lord, require of them.