9 Bible Verses about Owls

Most Relevant Verses

Psalm 102:6

I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.

Deuteronomy 14:16

the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl,

Leviticus 11:16-17

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,

Isaiah 34:14

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.

Deuteronomy 14:15

and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind,

Leviticus 11:17

and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,

Isaiah 34:11

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.

Leviticus 11:18

and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture,

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Birds » Used as sacrifices » Owls

Isaiah 34:14

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.

Deuteronomy 14:16

the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl,

Owls » Inhabits deserted cities and houses

Jeremiah 50:39

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.

Isaiah 13:21

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.

Isaiah 34:11-14

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

Leviticus 11:13

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,

Owls » Varieties of

Leviticus 11:16-17

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

Isaiah 34:15

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

Psalm 102:6

I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.

Owls » Illustrative of mourners

Psalm 102:6

I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.

Owls » Described as » Mournful in voice

Micah 1:8

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.

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