Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

Bible References

In vain

Proverbs 7:23
Until an arrow cleaveth his liver, as a bird hasteth into a snare, and knoweth not, that, for his life, it is!
Job 35:11
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and, beyond the bird of the heavens, giveth us wisdom?
Isaiah 1:3
An ox knoweth, his owner, And an ass his masters crib, - Israel, doth not know, My people doth not consider.
Jeremiah 8:7
Even the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times, And the turtle and the swallow and the crane, observe the season for coming; But my people know not the just sentence of Yahweh.