17 Bible Verses about Birds
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consider the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor lay up any stores; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much greater value than they?
consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap: nor have cellar or barn: are not you of much greater value than the fowls?
'tis one indeed of the smallest grains: but when it is grown, it is the largest of the pulse kind, and becomes a tree: so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.
creatures of every kind, beasts, birds, reptiles, and sea-monsters, are frequently tamed by human industry.
and in sowing, part of the grain fell in the high-way, and the fowls light and peck'd them up:
are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? yet not one of them shall lose its life independently of your father,
Jesus replyed, the foxes have kennels, and the birds of the air have nests; but the son of man hath not where to lay his head.
All flesh is not of the same kind: but there is one kind that belongs to men, another to beasts, another to fishes, and another to birds.
Jesus answered him, foxes have their kennels, and birds of the air their nests, but the son of man hath not where to lay his head.
the honour due to God, who is immortal, they transferr'd to idols representing men, who are mortal, to birds, and beasts, and insects.
From Thematic Bible
Birds » General references to
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Pigeons, offered in sacrifice
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Ravens
consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap: nor have cellar or barn: are not you of much greater value than the fowls?
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Eagles, a type of swiftness
Birds » Names of » Cormorants
Birds » Names of » Doves, a type of purity
By your mission you will be expos'd like sheep in the midst of wolves: be then as circumspect as serpents, and as inoffensive as doves:
and when Jesus was baptized, he came out of the water: and immediately the heavens seem'd to be parted asunder before him, and he saw the Spirit
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Vultures
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Storks
Birds » Man's dominion over
creatures of every kind, beasts, birds, reptiles, and sea-monsters, are frequently tamed by human industry.
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Turtle doves, offered in sacrifice
and to offer the sacrifice prescrib'd by the law, which was a pair of turtle-doves, or two young pidgeons.
Birds » Have each their peculiar note or song
Birds » The singing of
Birds » The nests of
Jesus replyed, the foxes have kennels, and the birds of the air have nests; but the son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Birds » Often suffered for man's sin
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Sparrows
are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? yet not one of them shall lose its life independently of your father,
are not five sparrows sold for two pence? however the divine providence extends to each of them.
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
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, but ye would not!
Jesus replied, I tell you for certain, that this night before the time of cock-crowing, thou shalt abjure me thrice.
then he fell to solemn imprecations, and swore, "I don't know the man." and immediately the cock crew:
Birds » God provides for
consider the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor lay up any stores; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much greater value than they?
the life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap: nor have cellar or barn: are not you of much greater value than the fowls?
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Quails
Birds » Divine care of
consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap: nor have cellar or barn: are not you of much greater value than the fowls?
are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? yet not one of them shall lose its life independently of your father,
are not five sparrows sold for two pence? however the divine providence extends to each of them.
Birds » God's care for
consider the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor lay up any stores; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much greater value than they?
are not five sparrows sold for two pence? however the divine providence extends to each of them.
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
are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? yet not one of them shall lose its life independently of your father, by whom the very hairs of your head are all numbred: lay aside then your fears, ye are of a superior rank to those animals.
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
'tis one indeed of the smallest grains: but when it is grown, it is the largest of the pulse kind, and becomes a tree: so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.
Birds » Illustrative » Of the devil and his spirits
when any one heareth the doctrine of the gospel, and considers it not, then comes the wicked one, and catches away what was sown in his heart: he is the person meant by the high-way, where some of the seed was sown: but the stony ground,
and in sowing, part of the grain fell in the high-way, and the fowls light and peck'd them up:
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
'tis one indeed of the smallest grains: but when it is grown, it is the largest of the pulse kind, and becomes a tree: so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.
Birds » Created by God
Birds » Nests of
Jesus replyed, the foxes have kennels, and the birds of the air have nests; but the son of man hath not where to lay his head.
'tis one indeed of the smallest grains: but when it is grown, it is the largest of the pulse kind, and becomes a tree: so that the birds of the air come and lodge in 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
All flesh is not of the same kind: but there is one kind that belongs to men, another to beasts, another to fishes, and another to birds.
Birds » Cages of
and he cried with a strong voice, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the abode of demons, the dungeon of every foul spirit, and a cage of every impure ill-boding bird.
Birds » Habits of
Birds » Not to be eaten with their young
Birds » Illustrative » (snaring,) of death
Birds » Unclean » Glede
Birds » Domesticated
creatures of every kind, beasts, birds, reptiles, and sea-monsters, are frequently tamed by human industry.
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
Jesus replyed, the foxes have kennels, and the birds of the air have nests; but the son of man hath not where 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
and in sowing, part of the grain fell in the high-way, and the fowls light and peck'd them up:
Birds » Many kinds of, migratory
Birds » Make, and dwell in nests
Jesus replyed, the foxes have kennels, and the birds of the air have nests; but the son of man hath not where 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
the honour due to God, who is immortal, they transferr'd to idols representing men, who are mortal, to birds, and beasts, and insects.
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
creatures of every kind, beasts, birds, reptiles, and sea-monsters, are frequently tamed by human industry.
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 13:4and in sowing, part of the grain fell in the high-way, and the fowls light and peck'd them up:
Birds Of Prey
Revelation 19:17I saw likewise an angel standing upon the sun; and he cryed with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, "come and gather your selves together to the supper of the great God;
Birds, Features Of
1 Corinthians 15:39All flesh is not of the same kind: but there is one kind that belongs to men, another to beasts, another to fishes, and another to birds.
Birds, Types Of Birds
Mark 14:30Jesus said to him, verily I tell thee, to-day, even this night, before the cock crow twice, you will renounce me thrice.
Wings Of Birds
Revelation 12:14but to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to her place, where she is to be maintain'd for a time, and times, and half a time.
Related Topics
- Animal Life
- Animals Eating People
- Animals Having A Soul
- Animals, God's Care Of
- Beauty And Self Worth
- Birds Of Prey
- Birds, Features Of
- Birds, Figurative Use
- Birds, Types Of Birds
- Blessings, Temporal
- Eating Corpses
- Feeding
- Fish
- God Feeds All The Earth
- God's Provision
- God, Fatherhood Of
