9 Bible Verses about Owls

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Psalm 102:6

I am like the pelican of the desert, I have become as an owl among ruins.

Deuteronomy 14:16

and the pelican and the bittern, and the swan;

Leviticus 11:16-17

and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, - and the hawk after its kind; and the pelican and the gannet, and the bittern;

Leviticus 11:16

and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, - and the hawk after its kind;

Isaiah 34:14

Then shall criers meet with howlers, And, the shaggy creature, unto his fellow, shall call, - Only, there, shall, the night-spectre, Make her settlement, And find for herself a place of rest:

Deuteronomy 14:15

and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich and the sea-gull, - and the hawk, after its kind;

Leviticus 11:17

and the pelican and the gannet, and the bittern;

Isaiah 34:11

That the vomiting pelican and the bittern may possess it: And the great owl and the raven, dwell therein; Then will he stretch out over it The line of desolation, and The plummet of emptiness.

Leviticus 11:18

and the swan and the vomiting pelican and the little vulture;

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Birds » Used as sacrifices » Owls

Isaiah 34:14

Then shall criers meet with howlers, And, the shaggy creature, unto his fellow, shall call, - Only, there, shall, the night-spectre, Make her settlement, And find for herself a place of rest:

Leviticus 11:16

and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, - and the hawk after its kind;

Deuteronomy 14:16

and the pelican and the bittern, and the swan;

Owls » Inhabits deserted cities and houses

Jeremiah 50:39

Therefore shall the criers dwell with, the howlers, Yea ostriches, shall dwell therein, - So shall it be dwelt in no more for ever, Neither shall it be inhabited unto generation after generation.

Isaiah 13:21

Then shall lie down there, wild beasts, And filled shall be their houses with owls, - Then shall inhabit there, the ostrich, And shaggy creatures, shall dance there.

Isaiah 34:11-14

That the vomiting pelican and the bittern may possess it: And the great owl and the raven, dwell therein; Then will he stretch out over it The line of desolation, and The plummet of emptiness. Her nobles (but none, are, there)! unto royalty, will call, - All, all her princes, shall become nought. Then shall come up, in her palaces thorns Nettles and thistles in her fortresses, - And she shall become A home for wild dogs, An enclosure for ostriches; read more.
Then shall criers meet with howlers, And, the shaggy creature, unto his fellow, shall call, - Only, there, shall, the night-spectre, Make her settlement, And find for herself a place of rest:

Owls » Unclean and not to be eaten

Leviticus 11:13

And, these, shall ye abhor of birds, they shall not be eaten, an abomination, they are, - the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the osprey;

Leviticus 11:16

and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, - and the hawk after its kind;

Owls » Varieties of

Leviticus 11:16-17

and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, - and the hawk after its kind; and the pelican and the gannet, and the bittern;

Owls » Described as » Careful of its young

Isaiah 34:15

There, shall, the arrow-snake, Make her nest and lay, And hatch and gather under her shadow, - Only, there, shall be gathered the falcons, every one with her mate.

Owls » Described as » Solitary in disposition

Psalm 102:6

I am like the pelican of the desert, I have become as an owl among ruins.

Owls » Illustrative of mourners

Psalm 102:6

I am like the pelican of the desert, I have become as an owl among ruins.

Owls » Described as » Mournful in voice

Micah 1:8

For this cause, will I lament and howl, I will go stript and bare, - I will make a lamentation, like the wild dogs, and a mourning, like ostriches.

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