Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Animals » Instincts of
As an eagle stirs up its nest, flutters over its young, spreads abroad its wings, takes them, bears them on its wings:
Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Who having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provides her food in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer; The badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks; The locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands; read more.
The spider takes hold with its hands, and is in kings' palaces.
The spider takes hold with its hands, and is in kings' palaces.
Yea, the stork in the heavens knows her appointed times; and the turtledove and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the law of the LORD.
For wherever the carcass is, there will the vultures be gathered together.
Animals » Names of » Conies, rock rabbits
And the rock badger, because it chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; it is unclean unto you.
The badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks;
Riddle » By agur
The leach has two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that says not, It is enough.
There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maiden. This is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no wickedness. read more.
For three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: For a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with food; For an unloved woman when she is married; and a maidservant that is heir to her mistress. There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer; The badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks; The locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands; The spider takes hold with its hands, and is in kings' palaces. There are three things which are stately in stride, yea, four are stately in their walk: A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turns not away from any; A greyhound; a male goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
For three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: For a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with food; For an unloved woman when she is married; and a maidservant that is heir to her mistress. There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer; The badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks; The locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands; The spider takes hold with its hands, and is in kings' palaces. There are three things which are stately in stride, yea, four are stately in their walk: A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turns not away from any; A greyhound; a male goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
Rocks » Inhabited by » Conies
The badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks;