Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
In vain
Bible References
In vain
Proverbs 7:23
Until an arrow pierced his liver [with a mortal wound];
Like a bird fluttering straight into the net,
He did not know that it would cost him his life.
Until an arrow pierced his liver [with a mortal wound];
Like a bird fluttering straight into the net,
He did not know that it would cost him his life.
Job 35:11
Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth
And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth
And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
Isaiah 1:3
“The ox [instinctively] knows its owner,
And the donkey its master’s feeding trough,
But Israel does not know [Me as Lord],
My people do not understand.”
“The ox [instinctively] knows its owner,
And the donkey its master’s feeding trough,
But Israel does not know [Me as Lord],
My people do not understand.”
Jeremiah 8:7
“Even the stork in the sky
Knows her seasons [of migration],
And the turtledove, the swallow and the crane
Observe the time of their return.
But My people do not know
The law of the Lord.
“Even the stork in the sky
Knows her seasons [of migration],
And the turtledove, the swallow and the crane
Observe the time of their return.
But My people do not know
The law of the Lord.