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Bird
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look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?
`When a bird's nest cometh before thee in the way, in any tree, or on the earth, brood or eggs, and the mother sitting on the brood or on the eggs, thou dost not take the mother with the young ones; — read the full passage →
And God saith, `Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature, and fowl let fly on the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.'
`Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father;
and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which <FI>is<Fi> breath of life, every green herb <FI>is<Fi> for food:' and it is so.
And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'
`Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls?
But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!
which less, indeed, is than all the seeds, but when it may be grown, is greatest of the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven do come and rest in its branches.'
By them the fowl of the heavens doth dwell, From between the branches They give forth the voice.
Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.
And God prepareth the great monsters, and every living creature that is creeping, which the waters have teemed with, after their kind, and every fowl with wing, after its kind, and God seeth that <FI>it is<Fi> good.
I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field <FI>is<Fi> with Me.
And yet, ask, I pray thee, <FI>One of<Fi> the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee. — read the full passage →
As a bird wandering from her nest, So <FI>is<Fi> a man wandering from his place.
`And these ye do abominate of the fowl; they are not eaten, an abomination they <FI>are<Fi> : the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
`Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.
and Jesus saith to him, `The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may lay the head.'
Ephraim <FI>is<Fi> as a fowl, Fly away doth their honour, without birth, And without womb, and without conception.
Giving to the beast its food, To the young of the ravens that call.
and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back.
and he did cry in might--a great voice, saying, `Fall, fall did Babylon the great, and she became a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird,
and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,
Even a stork in the heavens hath known her seasons, And turtle, and swallow, and crane, Have watched the time of their coming, And--My people have not known the judgment of Jehovah.
As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.
The flowers have appeared in the earth, The time of the singing hath come, And the voice of the turtle was heard in our land,
Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;
and your fear and your dread is on every beast of the earth, and on every fowl of the heavens, on all that creepeth on the ground, and on all fishes of the sea--into your hand they have been given.
And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'
`Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that art killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto thee, how often did I will to gather thy children together, as a hen doth gather her own chickens under the wings, and ye did not will.
`In that hour the thing hath been fulfilled on Nebuchadnezzar, and from men he is driven, and the herb as oxen he eateth, and by the dew of the heavens his body is wet, till that his hair as eagles' hath become great, and his nails as birds.'
As birds flying, so doth Jehovah of Hosts Cover over Jerusalem, covering and delivering, Passing over, and causing to escape.'
(Even a sparrow hath found a house, And a swallow a nest for herself, Where she hath placed her brood,) Thine altars, O Jehovah of Hosts, My king and my God.
A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →
And yet, ask, I pray thee, <FI>One of<Fi> the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee.
every raven after its kind,
`And these ye do abominate of the fowl; they are not eaten, an abomination they <FI>are<Fi> : the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, — read the full passage →
In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth--
For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →
All flesh <FI>is<Fi> not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another of fishes, and another of birds;
be not therefore afraid, than many sparrows ye are better.
`Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father; — read the full passage →
`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing? — read the full passage →
`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not--reward ye have not from your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →
And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him,
A speckled fowl <FI>is<Fi> Mine inheritance to Me? Is the fowl round about against her? Come, assemble, every beast of the field, Come ye for food.
And possess her do pelican and hedge-hog, And owl and raven dwell in her, And He hath stretched out over her A line of vacancy, and stones of emptiness.
And it hath come to pass, As a wandering bird, a nest cast out, Are daughters of Moab, <FI>at<Fi> fords of Arnon.
Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.
Our soul as a bird hath escaped from a snare of fowlers, The snare was broken, and we have escaped.
Where birds do make nests, The stork--the firs <FI>are<Fi> her house.
At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?
By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?
The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.
A path--not known it hath a ravenous fowl, Nor scorched it hath an eye of the kite,
At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought. — read the full passage →
and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind,
And Noah buildeth an altar to Jehovah, and taketh of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and causeth burnt-offerings to ascend on the altar;
And Jehovah God formeth from the ground every beast of the field, and every fowl of the heavens, and bringeth in unto the man, to see what he doth call it; and whatever the man calleth a living creature, that <FI>is<Fi> its name.
And God saith, `Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature, and fowl let fly on the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.' — read the full passage →
In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →
and the first living creature <FI>is<Fi> like a lion, and the second living creature <FI>is<Fi> like a calf, and the third living creature hath the face as a man, and the fourth living creature <FI>is<Fi> like an eagle flying.
A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,
all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.
For every nature, both of beasts and of fowls, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued, and hath been subdued, by the human nature,
for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;
having known this, that for a righteous man law is not set, but for lawless and insubordinate persons, ungodly and sinners, impious and profane, parricides and matricides, men-slayers, — read the full passage →
The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →
in which were all the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven,
Every one hearing the word of the reign, and not understanding--the evil one doth come, and doth catch that which hath been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the way.
I consume man and beast, I consume fowl of the heavens, and fishes of the sea, And the stumbling-blocks--the wicked, And I have cut off man from the face of the ground, An affirmation of Jehovah,
And the carcase of this people hath been for food To a fowl of the heavens, and to a beast of the earth, And there is none troubling.
Calling from the east a ravenous bird, From a far land the man of My counsel, Yea, I have spoken, yea, I bring it in, I have formed <FI>it<Fi> , yea, I do it.
And doors have been shut in the street. When the noise of the grinding is low, And <FI>one<Fi> riseth at the voice of the bird, And all daughters of song are bowed down.
Even in thy mind a king revile not, And in the inner parts of thy bed-chamber Revile not the rich: For a fowl of the heavens causeth the voice to go, And a possessor of wings declareth the word.
As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.
The wild beast, and all cattle, Creeping thing, and winged bird,
He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →
To the Overseer. --`On the Gittith By sons of Korah.' --A Psalm. How beloved Thy tabernacles, Jehovah of Hosts! — read the full passage →
Bird of the heavens, and fish of the sea, Passing through the paths of the seas!
Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'
and he speaketh concerning the trees, from the cedar that <FI>is<Fi> in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that is coming out in the wall, and he speaketh concerning the cattle, and concerning the fowl, and concerning the creeping things, and concerning the fishes,
and thy carcase hath been for food to every fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth, and there is none causing trembling.
`When a bird's nest cometh before thee in the way, in any tree, or on the earth, brood or eggs, and the mother sitting on the brood or on the eggs, thou dost not take the mother with the young ones;
and the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after its kind,
`Sons ye <FI>are<Fi> to Jehovah your God; ye do not cut yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead; — read the full passage →
and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
and the vulture, and the kite after its kind,
yet, within three days doth Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hath hanged thee on a tree, and the birds have eaten thy flesh from off thee.'
And he sendeth forth the dove from him to see whether the waters have been lightened from off the face of the ground,
and he sendeth forth the raven, and it goeth out, going out and turning back till the drying of the waters from off the earth.
of the clean beasts and of the beasts that <FI>are<Fi> not clean, and of the fowl, and of every thing that is creeping upon the ground,
And Jehovah saith, `I wipe away man whom I have prepared from off the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens, for I have repented that I have made them.'
And God saith, `Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature, and fowl let fly on the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.' — read the full passage →
A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →
If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →
all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'
`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: YLT.