13 Bible Verses about Birds, Figurative Use

We have escaped like a bird from the hunter’s net;
the net is torn, and we have escaped.

A man wandering from his home
is like a bird wandering from its nest.

I call a bird of prey from the east,
a man for My purpose from a far country.
Yes, I have spoken; so I will also bring it about.
I have planned it; I will also do it.

Is My inheritance like a hyena to Me?
Are birds of prey circling her?
Go, gather all the wild animals;
bring them to devour her.

He who makes a fortune unjustly
is like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay.
In the middle of his days
his riches will abandon him,
so in the end he will be a fool.

I said, “If only I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and find rest.

For the choir director. Davidic.I have taken refuge in the Lord.
How can you say to me,
“Escape to the mountain like a bird!

I stay awake;
I am like a solitary bird on a roof.

Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,
like a bird from a fowler’s trap.

צ TsadeFor no apparent reason, my enemies
hunted me like a bird.

“Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: I am against your magic bands that you ensnare people with like birds, and I will tear them from your arms. I will free the people you have ensnared like birds.

As they are going, I will spread My net over them;
I will bring them down like birds of the sky.
I will discipline them in accordance
with the news that reaches their assembly.

Does a bird land in a trap on the ground
if there is no bait for it?
Does a trap spring from the ground
when it has caught nothing?