12 Bible Verses about Chickens

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not have it!

And He said, “I say to you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”

He will cover you with His pinions,
And under His wings you may seek refuge;
His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.

The strutting rooster, the male goat also,
And a king when his army is with him.

Jesus said to him, “Truly I say to you that this very night, before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”

And Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said, “Before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.

The Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, “Before a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”

Jesus *answered, “Will you lay down your life for Me? Truly, truly, I say to you, a rooster will not crow until you deny Me three times.

Then he began to curse and swear, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.

But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about.” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

Peter then denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.