9 Bible Verses about Owls

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Psalm 102:6

I was like to the pelican of the desert: I was as the owl of the dry places.

Deuteronomy 14:16

The cormorant, and the ibis and the heron,

Leviticus 11:16-17

And the daughter of the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seagull, and the hawk according to its kind; And the cormorant, and the gannet, and the owl;

Leviticus 11:16

And the daughter of the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seagull, and the hawk according to its kind;

Isaiah 34:14

And animals of the desert lighted upon the howlers, and the he goat shall call to his neighbor; also there the night spectre rested, and found for herself a resting place.

Deuteronomy 14:15

And the daughter of the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after his kind,

Leviticus 11:17

And the cormorant, and the gannet, and the owl;

Isaiah 34:11

And the pelican and the hedgehog shall possess it; the ibis and the raven shall dwell in it: and he stretched out upon it the line of desolation and the stones of emptiness.

Leviticus 11:18

And the swan, and the pelican, and the carrion vulture;

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Birds » Used as sacrifices » Owls

Isaiah 34:14

And animals of the desert lighted upon the howlers, and the he goat shall call to his neighbor; also there the night spectre rested, and found for herself a resting place.

Leviticus 11:16

And the daughter of the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seagull, and the hawk according to its kind;

Deuteronomy 14:16

The cormorant, and the ibis and the heron,

Owls » Inhabits deserted cities and houses

Jeremiah 50:39

For this the inhabitans of the deserts shall dwell with the islands, and the daughters of the ostrich shall dwell in her: and it shall be no more inhabited forever; and she shall not be dwelt in even to generation and generation.

Isaiah 13:21

And inhabitants of the desert reclined there, and their houses were filled with howlings, and the daughters of the ostrich dwelt there, and he goats shall leap there.

Isaiah 34:11-14

And the pelican and the hedgehog shall possess it; the ibis and the raven shall dwell in it: and he stretched out upon it the line of desolation and the stones of emptiness. Its nobles shall be called to the kingdom, and none there, and all its chiefs shall be no more. And thorns came up in her palaces, the nettle and the thorn bush in her fortifications, and it was a dwelling of jackals, an enclosure for the daughters of the ostrich. read more.
And animals of the desert lighted upon the howlers, and the he goat shall call to his neighbor; also there the night spectre rested, and found for herself a resting place.

Owls » Unclean and not to be eaten

Leviticus 11:13

And these ye shall abhor from the birds; they shall not be eaten; they are an abomination: the eagle, the sea-eagle, and the osprey.

Leviticus 11:16

And the daughter of the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seagull, and the hawk according to its kind;

Owls » Varieties of

Leviticus 11:16-17

And the daughter of the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seagull, and the hawk according to its kind; And the cormorant, and the gannet, and the owl;

Owls » Described as » Careful of its young

Isaiah 34:15

There the arrow-snake nested, and she will lay eggs and hatch, and brood in her shadow: also there the falcons were collected, the female with her companion.

Owls » Described as » Solitary in disposition

Psalm 102:6

I was like to the pelican of the desert: I was as the owl of the dry places.

Owls » Illustrative of mourners

Psalm 102:6

I was like to the pelican of the desert: I was as the owl of the dry places.

Owls » Described as » Mournful in voice

Micah 1:8

For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked: I will make wailing as jackals, and mourning as the daughters of the ostrich.

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