9 Bible Verses about Owls
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I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.
and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seamew, and the hawk after its kind, and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seamew, and the hawk after its kind,
And the wild beasts of the desert shall meet with the wolves, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; yea, the night-monster shall settle there, and shall find her a place of rest.
and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind,
But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it; and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein: and he will stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness.
From Thematic Bible
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Owls
And the wild beasts of the desert shall meet with the wolves, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; yea, the night-monster shall settle there, and shall find her a place of rest.
and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seamew, and the hawk after its kind,
Owls » Inhabits deserted cities and houses
Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there.
But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it; and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein: and he will stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness. They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing. And thorns shall come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in the fortresses thereof; and it shall be a habitation of jackals, a court for ostriches. read more.
And the wild beasts of the desert shall meet with the wolves, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; yea, the night-monster shall settle there, and shall find her a place of rest.
Owls » Unclean and not to be eaten
And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray,
and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seamew, and the hawk after its kind,
Owls » Varieties of
and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seamew, and the hawk after its kind, and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
Owls » Described as » Careful of its young
There shall the dart-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shade; yea, there shall the kites be gathered, every one with her mate.
Owls » Described as » Solitary in disposition
I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.
Owls » Illustrative of mourners
I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.
Owls » Described as » Mournful in voice
For this will I lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.