11 Bible Verses about Ravens
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Consider the ravens, for they neither sow [seed] nor reap [the crop]; they have no storehouse or barn, and yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!
You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to sustain you there [with food].”
and he sent out a raven, which flew here and there until the waters were dried up from the earth.
He gives to the beast its food,
And to the young ravens that for which they cry.
The eye that mocks a father
And scorns a mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young vultures will devour it.
“His head is like [precious] gold, pure gold;
His hair is [curly] like clusters of dates
And black as a raven.
But the pelican and the porcupine will take possession of it;
The owl and the raven will dwell in it.
And He will stretch over it (Edom) the measuring line of desolation
And the plumb line of emptiness.
“Who provides prey for the raven
When its young cry to God
And wander about without food?
And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he would drink from the brook.
From Thematic Bible
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Ravens
He gives to the beast its food,
And to the young ravens that for which they cry.
and he sent out a raven, which flew here and there until the waters were dried up from the earth.
You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to sustain you there [with food].”
Ravens » God provides food for
“Who provides prey for the raven
When its young cry to God
And wander about without food?
He gives to the beast its food,
And to the young ravens that for which they cry.
Ravens » Unclean and not to be eaten
Ravens » Described as » Black
“His head is like [precious] gold, pure gold;
His hair is [curly] like clusters of dates
And black as a raven.
Ravens » Plumage of, illustrative of the glory of Christ
“His head is like [precious] gold, pure gold;
His hair is [curly] like clusters of dates
And black as a raven.
Ravens » Described as » Carnivorous
The eye that mocks a father
And scorns a mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young vultures will devour it.
Ravens » Called the raven of the valley
The eye that mocks a father
And scorns a mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young vultures will devour it.
Ravens » Elijah fed by
You shall drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there. So he did according to the word of the Lord; he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, east of the Jordan. And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning and bread and flesh in the evening, and he drank of the brook.
Ravens » Described as » Solitary in disposition
But the pelican and the porcupine will take possession of it;
The owl and the raven will dwell in it.
And He will stretch over it (Edom) the measuring line of desolation
And the plumb line of emptiness.
Ravens » Sent by noah from the ark
and he sent out a raven, which flew here and there until the waters were dried up from the earth.
Ravens » Described as » Improvident
Valleys » Abounded with » Ravens
The eye that mocks a father
And scorns a mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young vultures will devour it.