17 Bible Verses about Birds

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Matthew 13:32

This seed is indeed [one of] the smallest of all seeds, but when it is [fully] grown, it is larger than [other] plants, and [even] becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and roost on its branches."

Matthew 13:4

And some of the seed he sowed [i.e., scattering it by hand] landed along the side of the road and birds came and ate it.

Matthew 10:29

Are not two sparrows sold [in the market for food] for a small coin [Note: The coin mentioned here was worth about a half hour's worth of a farm laborer's pay, or about $3 in 1994]? And not a [single] one of them can fall to the ground without your Father [knowing about it].

Matthew 8:20

Jesus replied to him, "The foxes have dens [in which to live] and the birds of the sky have nests [in which to roost]; but the Son of man does not have anywhere to lay His head."

1 Corinthians 15:39

All flesh is not the same [Note: The word "flesh" here refers to the material composition of matter, and in no way suggests anything sinful, as it does in many other places in Paul's writings]. But mankind has one [kind of] flesh; animals have another kind; birds have another; and fish [still] another.

Luke 9:58

Jesus replied to him, "The foxes have dens [in which to live] and the birds of the sky have nests [in which to roost], but the Son of man does not have anywhere to lay His head."

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Birds » General references to

Birds » Used as sacrifices » Pigeons, offered in sacrifice

More verses: Luke 2:24

Birds » Used as sacrifices » Ravens

More verses: Proverbs 30:17

Birds » Used as sacrifices » Eagles, a type of swiftness

Birds » Names of » Cormorants

Birds » Names of » Doves, a type of purity

Matthew 10:16

Here is how it will be: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore you should be as crafty [Note: The Greek word here is "sensible"] as snakes, yet as harmless [Note: The Greek word is "sincere"] as doves.

Birds » Used as sacrifices » Vultures

Birds » Used as sacrifices » Storks

Birds » Man's dominion over

More verses: Daniel 2:38 Psalm 8:5-8

Birds » Used as sacrifices » Turtle doves, offered in sacrifice

Luke 2:24

They came to offer a sacrifice of two doves or two young pigeons, in accordance with what is written in the law of Moses.

Birds » Have each their peculiar note or song

Birds » The singing of

Birds » The nests of

Matthew 8:20

Jesus replied to him, "The foxes have dens [in which to live] and the birds of the sky have nests [in which to roost]; but the Son of man does not have anywhere to lay His head."

Birds » Often suffered for man's sin

Birds » Used as sacrifices » Sparrows

Matthew 10:29

Are not two sparrows sold [in the market for food] for a small coin [Note: The coin mentioned here was worth about a half hour's worth of a farm laborer's pay, or about $3 in 1994]? And not a [single] one of them can fall to the ground without your Father [knowing about it].

Luke 12:6

Are not five sparrows sold [i.e., in the market as food] for two coins? [Note: The coins here amount to just over one hour's worth of a farm laborer's pay, or about $8 in 1994]. Yet in the presence of God, not a [single] one of them is forgotten.

Birds » Used as sacrifices » Owls

Birds » Used as sacrifices » Pelicans

Birds » Many kinds of, carnivorous

Birds » Used as sacrifices » Hawks

Birds » Illustrative » (snaring,) of designs of the wicked

Birds » Clean » Cock and hen

Matthew 26:34

Jesus said to him, "Truly I tell you, this [very] night, before the rooster crows, you will deny [knowing] me three times."

Birds » God provides for

Luke 12:23-24

For there are more important things in life than food, and [more important things about] your body than the clothing [you wear]. Look at the ravens; they do not plant seeds or harvest [a crop]; they do not have a storage locker or a barn, and [yet] God feeds them [adequately]. Are you not a lot more valuable than those birds?

Birds » Used as sacrifices » Quails

Birds » Divine care of

Matthew 10:29

Are not two sparrows sold [in the market for food] for a small coin [Note: The coin mentioned here was worth about a half hour's worth of a farm laborer's pay, or about $3 in 1994]? And not a [single] one of them can fall to the ground without your Father [knowing about it].

Luke 12:6

Are not five sparrows sold [i.e., in the market as food] for two coins? [Note: The coins here amount to just over one hour's worth of a farm laborer's pay, or about $8 in 1994]. Yet in the presence of God, not a [single] one of them is forgotten.

Birds » God's care for

Luke 12:6

Are not five sparrows sold [i.e., in the market as food] for two coins? [Note: The coins here amount to just over one hour's worth of a farm laborer's pay, or about $8 in 1994]. Yet in the presence of God, not a [single] one of them is forgotten.

Birds » Unclean » Vultures

Birds » Used as sacrifices » Swallows

Birds » Clean » Turtle

Birds » Clean » To be eaten

Birds » Rapid flight of, alluded to

Birds » Figurative

Birds » Unclean » Not to be eaten

Birds » Clean » Sparrow

Matthew 10:29-31

Are not two sparrows sold [in the market for food] for a small coin [Note: The coin mentioned here was worth about a half hour's worth of a farm laborer's pay, or about $3 in 1994]? And not a [single] one of them can fall to the ground without your Father [knowing about it]. God even knows the number of hairs on your head [Note: The average full head of hair has approximately 25,000 hairs]. So, do not be afraid, for you are [much] more valuable than many sparrows.

Birds » Propagated by eggs

Birds » Clean » Partridge

Birds » Clean » Pigeon

Birds » Make their nests » In clefts of rocks

Birds » Unclean » Cormorant

Birds » Unclean » Stork

Birds » Inhabit » Deserted cities

Birds » Songs of, at the break of day

Birds » Unclean » Pelican

Birds » Unclean » Bat

Birds » Clean » Offered in sacrifice

Birds » Often remove from places suffering calamities

Birds » Used as sacrifices » Ostriches

Birds » Illustrative » Of people of different countries

Matthew 13:32

This seed is indeed [one of] the smallest of all seeds, but when it is [fully] grown, it is larger than [other] plants, and [even] becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and roost on its branches."

Birds » Illustrative » Of the devil and his spirits

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one [i.e., the devil] comes to him and grabs away what had been sown in his heart. This is the person who was scattered to the side of the road.

Matthew 13:4

And some of the seed he sowed [i.e., scattering it by hand] landed along the side of the road and birds came and ate it.

Birds » Make their nests » In trees

Birds » Illustrative » Of unsettled persons, &c

Birds » Unclean » Bittern

Birds » Unclean » Eagle

Birds » Unclean » Raven

Birds » Unclean » Hawk

Birds » Unclean » Owl

Birds » Clean » Crane

Birds » Rest on trees

Matthew 13:32

This seed is indeed [one of] the smallest of all seeds, but when it is [fully] grown, it is larger than [other] plants, and [even] becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and roost on its branches."

Birds » Created by God

Birds » Nests of

Matthew 8:20

Jesus replied to him, "The foxes have dens [in which to live] and the birds of the sky have nests [in which to roost]; but the Son of man does not have anywhere to lay His head."

Matthew 13:32

This seed is indeed [one of] the smallest of all seeds, but when it is [fully] grown, it is larger than [other] plants, and [even] becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and roost on its branches."

Birds » Used as sacrifices » Peacocks

Birds » Unclean » Peacock

Birds » Clean » Swallow

Birds » What species were unclean

Birds » Power over, given to man

Birds » Appointed for food

Birds » Unclean » Ostrich

Birds » Differ in flesh from beasts and fishes

1 Corinthians 15:39

All flesh is not the same [Note: The word "flesh" here refers to the material composition of matter, and in no way suggests anything sinful, as it does in many other places in Paul's writings]. But mankind has one [kind of] flesh; animals have another kind; birds have another; and fish [still] another.

Birds » Cages of

Revelation 18:2

And he called out with a loud voice, saying, "Fallen! The great Babylon has fallen, and has become a place where demons live, and a haunt for every evil spirit and every filthy and obnoxious bird {{Some ancient manuscripts add "and every filthy and obnoxious animal"}}.

Birds » Habits of

Birds » Not to be eaten with their young

Birds » Illustrative » (snaring,) of death

Birds » Unclean » Glede

Birds » Domesticated

Birds » Make their nests » On the ground

Birds » Called » Winged fowl

Birds » No likeness of, to be made for worship

Birds » Unclean » Ossifrage

Birds » Unclean » Little owl

Birds » Unclean » Gier eagle

Birds » Unclean » Great owl

Birds » Unclean » Lapwing

Birds » Unclean » Osprey

Birds » Unclean » Cuckoo

Birds » Unclean » Heron

Birds » Unclean » Kite

Birds » Unclean » Swan

Birds » Unclean » Night hawk

Birds » Clean » Quail

Birds » Names given to, by adam

Birds » The blood of, not to be eaten

Birds » Illustrative » Of hostile nations

Birds » Called » Feathered fowl

Birds » Confinement » Cages

Birds » Are hostile to strange kinds

Birds » Taken in snares or nets

Birds » Given as food to man

Birds » Make their nests » Deserted cities

Birds » Illustrative » Of cruel and rapacious kings

Birds » Inhabit » Marshes

Birds » Called » Birds of the air

Matthew 8:20

Jesus replied to him, "The foxes have dens [in which to live] and the birds of the sky have nests [in which to roost]; but the Son of man does not have anywhere to lay His head."

Birds » Early distinguished into clean and clean

Birds » Herb of the field given as food to

Birds » Created for the glory of God

Birds » Many kinds of, granivorous

Matthew 13:4

And some of the seed he sowed [i.e., scattering it by hand] landed along the side of the road and birds came and ate it.

Birds » Many kinds of, migratory

Birds » Make, and dwell in nests

Matthew 8:20

Jesus replied to him, "The foxes have dens [in which to live] and the birds of the sky have nests [in which to roost]; but the Son of man does not have anywhere to lay His head."

Birds » Fly above the earth

Birds » Solomon wrote the history of

Birds » Inhabit » Mountains

Birds » Inhabit » Deserts

Birds » Called » Fowls of the air

Birds » Clean » Dove

Birds » Often worshipped by idolaters

Birds » Furnished with claws

Birds » Instinctively fear man

Birds » The property of God

Birds » Make their nests » Under the roofs of houses

Birds » Creation of, on the fifth creative day

Birds » Called » Fowls of heaven

Birds » Moses' law protected the mother from being taken with the young

Birds » Instinct of, inferior to man's reason

Birds » Can all be tamed

Birds » Solomon's proverbs of

Birds » Lessons of wisdom to be learned from

Birds » Migrate

Birds » Instincts of

Birds » Figurative » Symbolical

Topics on Birds

Birds Eating

Matthew 13:4

And some of the seed he sowed [i.e., scattering it by hand] landed along the side of the road and birds came and ate it.

Birds Of Prey

Revelation 19:17

Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he called out in a loud voice to all the birds that fly in midair, "Come and be assembled together for the great supper of God,

Birds, Features Of

1 Corinthians 15:39

All flesh is not the same [Note: The word "flesh" here refers to the material composition of matter, and in no way suggests anything sinful, as it does in many other places in Paul's writings]. But mankind has one [kind of] flesh; animals have another kind; birds have another; and fish [still] another.

Birds, Types Of Birds

Mark 14:30

And Jesus said to him, "Truly I tell you, today, in fact this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny [knowing] me three times."

Wings Of Birds

Revelation 12:14

And the woman was given the two wings of a large eagle so she could fly to her place in the desert, where she would be taken care of for a time, and times and half a time, from the presence of the snake [i.e., for three and one half years. See 11:2; 12:6].

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