8 Bible Verses about Owls

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Deuteronomy 14:16

The little owl and the great owl and the water-hen;

Leviticus 11:16-17

And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk, and birds of that sort; And the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl;

Isaiah 34:14

And the beasts of the waste places will come together with the jackals, and the evil spirits will be crying to one another, even the night-spirit will come and make her resting-place there.

Deuteronomy 14:15

And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk and birds of that sort;

Leviticus 11:17

And the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl;

Isaiah 34:11

But the birds of the waste land will have their place there; it will be a heritage for the bittern and the raven: and it will be measured out with line and weight as a waste land.

Leviticus 11:18

And the water-hen and the pelican and the vulture;

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Birds » Used as sacrifices » Owls

Isaiah 34:14

And the beasts of the waste places will come together with the jackals, and the evil spirits will be crying to one another, even the night-spirit will come and make her resting-place there.

Deuteronomy 14:16

The little owl and the great owl and the water-hen;

Owls » Inhabits deserted cities and houses

Jeremiah 50:39

For this reason the beasts of the waste land with the wolves will make their holes there and the ostriches will be living in it: never again will men be living there, it will be unpeopled from generation to generation.

Isaiah 13:21

But the beasts of the waste land will have their holes there; and the houses will be full of crying jackals, and ostriches will have their place there, and evil spirits will be dancing there.

Isaiah 34:11-14

But the birds of the waste land will have their place there; it will be a heritage for the bittern and the raven: and it will be measured out with line and weight as a waste land. The jackals will be there, and her great ones will be gone; they will say, There is no longer a kingdom there, and all her chiefs will have come to an end. And thorns will come up in her fair houses, and waste plants in her strong towers: and foxes will make their holes there, and it will be a meeting-place for ostriches. read more.
And the beasts of the waste places will come together with the jackals, and the evil spirits will be crying to one another, even the night-spirit will come and make her resting-place there.

Owls » Unclean and not to be eaten

Leviticus 11:13

And among birds these are to be disgusting to you, and not to be used for food: 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 sea-hawk, and birds of that sort; And the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl;

Owls » Described as » Careful of its young

Isaiah 34:15

The arrowsnake will make her hole and put her eggs there, and get her young together under her shade: there the hawks will come together by twos.

Owls » Described as » Solitary in disposition

Owls » Illustrative of mourners

Owls » Described as » Mournful in voice

Micah 1:8

For this I will be full of sorrow and give cries of grief; I will go uncovered and unclothed: I will give cries of grief like the jackals and will be in sorrow like the ostriches.

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