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Bird
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Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value than they?
If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: — read the full passage →
And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father:
and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food: and it was so.
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and God feedeth them: of how much more value are ye than the birds!
but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
which indeed is less than all seeds; but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and lodge in the branches thereof.
By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation; They sing among the branches.
Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, Andwander for lack of food?
And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good.
I know all the birds of the mountains; And the wild beasts of the field are mine.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee: — read the full passage →
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.
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,
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird: there shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception.
He giveth to the beast his food, Andto the young ravens which cry.
And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird.
and as he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured them:
Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the law of Jehovah.
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.
The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;
Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens; with all wherewith the ground teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered.
And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair was grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.
As birds hovering, so will Jehovah of hosts protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver it, he will pass over and preserve it.
Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, My King, and my God.
Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:
every raven after its kind,
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, — read the full passage →
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →
All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fishes.
Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father: — read the full passage →
Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment? — read the full passage →
Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →
And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him;
Is my heritage unto me as a speckled bird of prey? are the birds of prey against her round about? go ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.
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.
For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Where the birds make their nests: As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.
Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high?
Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, And stretcheth her wings toward the south?
The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love?
That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon’s eye seen it:
The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. — read the full passage →
and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind,
And Noah builded an altar unto Jehovah, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar.
And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them: and whatsoever the man called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. — read the full passage →
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →
And the first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face as of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;
casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.
For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind:
For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.
as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, — read the full passage →
Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →
wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts and creeping things of the earth and birds of the heaven.
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the evil one, and snatcheth away that which hath been sown in his heart. This is he that was sown by the way side.
I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.
And the dead bodies of this people shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall frighten them away.
calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yea, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it.
and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;
Revile not the king, no, not in thy thought; and revile not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the heavens shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.
Beasts and all cattle; Creeping things and flying birds;
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts! — read the full passage →
The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
And he spake of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall; he spake also of beasts, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
And thy dead body shall be food unto all birds of the heavens, and unto the beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to frighten them away.
If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:
and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite after its kind,
Ye are the children of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. — read the full passage →
and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
and the kite, and the falcon after its kind,
within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creepeth upon the ground,
And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. — read the full passage →
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →
If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →
In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
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