Birds

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?

By them the fowl of the heavens doth dwell, From between the branches They give forth the voice.

`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 →

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.'

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!

I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field <FI>is<Fi> with Me.

`Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father;

`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?

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.'

As a bird wandering from her nest, So <FI>is<Fi> a man wandering from his place.

Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.

Giving to the beast its food, To the young of the ravens that call.

`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 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 →

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.'

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.

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,

Where birds do make nests, The stork--the firs <FI>are<Fi> her house.

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.

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,

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.

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.'

(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.

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 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.

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,

`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 →

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;

To the Overseer. --`On the Gittith By sons of Korah.' --A Psalm. How beloved Thy tabernacles, Jehovah of Hosts! — read the full passage →

`Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God,

In his boughs made a nest hath every fowl of the heavens, And under his branches brought forth hath every beast of the field, And in his shade dwell do all great nations.

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.'

As birds flying, so doth Jehovah of Hosts Cover over Jerusalem, covering and delivering, Passing over, and causing to escape.'

and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,

Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.

A path--not known it hath a ravenous fowl, Nor scorched it hath an eye of the kite,

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.

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 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,

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 he sendeth forth the dove from him to see whether the waters have been lightened from off the face of the ground,

At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?

For even man knoweth not his time; as fish that are taken hold of by an evil net, and as birds that are taken hold of by a snare, like these <FI>are<Fi> the sons of man snared at an evil time, when it falleth upon them suddenly.

Our soul as a bird hath escaped from a snare of fowlers, The snare was broken, and we have escaped.

and the priest hath commanded, and he hath taken for him who is to be cleansed, two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.

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 the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind,

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.

`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 →

`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;

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.'

`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.

Though ye do lie between two boundaries, Wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.

By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?

Ephraim <FI>is<Fi> as a fowl, Fly away doth their honour, without birth, And without womb, and without conception.

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.

`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 a crane--a swallow--so I chatter, I mourn as a dove, Drawn up have been mine eyes on high, O Jehovah, oppression <FI>is<Fi> on me, be my surety.

and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of fowls, and of quadrupeds, and of reptiles.

Bird of the heavens, and fish of the sea, Passing through the paths of the seas!

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 the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back.

`And if his offering <FI>is<Fi> a burnt-offering out of the fowl to Jehovah, than he hath brought near his offering out of the turtle-doves or out of the young pigeons,

Jesus said to him, `Verily I say to thee, that, this night, before cock-crowing, thrice thou wilt deny me.'

The wild beast, and all cattle, Creeping thing, and winged bird,

`And now, let not my blood fall to the earth over-against the face of Jehovah, for the king of Israel hath come out to seek one flea, as <FI>one<Fi> pursueth the partridge in mountains.'

and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,

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 it hath come to pass, As a wandering bird, a nest cast out, Are daughters of Moab, <FI>at<Fi> fords of Arnon.

I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.

The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.

every raven after its kind,

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. — read the full passage →

A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, <FI>Is<Fi> one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end--he is a fool.

A brother I have been to dragons, And a companion to daughters of the ostrich.

`And in the fulness of the days of her cleansing for son or for daughter she doth bring in a lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering, and a young pigeon or a turtle-dove for a sin-offering, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, unto the priest;

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 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 →

On mountains of Israel thou fallest, Thou, and all thy bands, and the peoples who <FI>are<Fi> with thee, To ravenous fowl--a bird of every wing, And <FI>to<Fi> a beast of the field, I have given thee for food.

and the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after its kind,

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 a spirit hath journeyed from Jehovah, and cutteth off quails from the sea, and leaveth by the camp, as a day's journey here, and as a day's journey there, round about the camp, and about two cubits, on the face of the land. — read the full passage →

There made her nest hath the bittern, Yea, she layeth, and hath hatched, And hath gathered under her shadow, Only there gathered have been vultures, Each with its companion.

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 have looked, and lo, man is not, And all fowls of the heavens have fled.

At the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his rider.

and the vulture, and the kite after its kind,

Till when doth the earth mourn, And the herb of the whole field wither? For the wickedness of those dwelling in it, Consumed have been beast and fowl, Because they said, `He doth not see our latter end.'

By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south? — read the full passage →

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.

Forsake cities, and dwell in a rock, Ye inhabitants of Moab, And be as a dove making a nest in the passages of a pit's mouth.

`Any clean bird ye do eat;

and two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, which his hand reacheth to, and one hath been a sin-offering, and the one a burnt-offering;

And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth; — read the full passage →

and the dove hath not found rest for the sole of her foot, and she turneth back unto him, unto the ark, for waters <FI>are<Fi> on the face of all the earth, and he putteth out his hand, and taketh her, and bringeth her in unto him, unto the ark.

And I say, `Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest,

and whithersoever sons of men are dwelling, the beast of the field, and the fowl of the heavens, He hath given into thy hand, and hath caused thee to rule over them all; thou <FI>art<Fi> this head of gold.