Sparrows

`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 →

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?

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

be not therefore afraid, than many sparrows ye are better.

(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.

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

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

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

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 →

I confess Thee, because that <FI>with<Fi> wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful <FI>are<Fi> Thy works, And my soul is knowing <FI>it<Fi> well.

As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.

I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof.

but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.

`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?

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,

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

How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? --so that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.'

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.'

To the Overseer. --By David. In Jehovah I trusted, how say ye to my soul, `They moved <FI>to<Fi> Thy mountain for the bird?

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

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

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

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.

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!

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

and of you--even the hairs of the head are all numbered;

`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 →

`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?

At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, `Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy; — read the full passage →

And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave to them power over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be healing every sickness, and every malady. — read the full passage →

They tremble as a sparrow out of Egypt, And as a dove out of the land of Asshur, And I have caused them to dwell in their own houses, An affirmation of Jehovah.

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

`I am the vine, ye the branches; he who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one doth bear much fruit, because apart from me ye are not able to do anything;

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 my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world, by the things made being understood, are plainly seen, both His eternal power and Godhead--to their being inexcusable;

To the Overseer. --A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest. — read the full passage →

Much hast Thou done, Jehovah my God; Thy wonders and Thy thoughts toward us, There is none to arrange unto Thee, I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered.

How precious <FI>is<Fi> Thy kindness, O God, And the sons of men In the shadow of Thy wings do trust.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

`And if the herb of the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow is cast to the furnace, God doth so clothe--not much more you, O ye of little faith?

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.'

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 →

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth--

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

The righteous knoweth the life of his beast, And the mercies of the wicked <FI>are<Fi> cruel.

Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

`And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

And there was a certain man in Caesarea, by name Cornelius, a centurion from a band called Italian, — read the full passage →

He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants <FI>are<Fi> as grasshoppers, He who is stretching out as a thin thing the heavens, And spreadeth them as a tent to dwell in.

Ah, sinning nation, a people heavy <FI>with<Fi> iniquity, A seed of evil doers, sons--corrupters! They have forsaken Jehovah, They have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have gone away backward.

For a thousand years in Thine eyes <FI>are<Fi> as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night.

being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God--living and remaining--to the age;

Every valley is raised up, And every mountain and hill become low, And the crooked place hath become a plain, And the entangled places a valley.

Fury <FI>is<Fi> fierce, and anger <FI>is<Fi> overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?

Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave to them power over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be healing every sickness, and every malady.

And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, — read the full passage →

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.'

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged, — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

`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 I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.

and a hair out of your head shall not perish;

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

The eyes of all unto Thee do look, And Thou art giving to them their food in its season,

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 Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --By David. In Jehovah I trusted, how say ye to my soul, `They moved <FI>to<Fi> Thy mountain for the bird? — read the full passage →

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

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

And he said unto his disciples, `Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on;

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.

All of them unto Thee do look, To give their food in its season.

for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;

Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'

Giving food to all flesh, For to the age <FI>is<Fi> His kindness.

The young lions are roaring for prey, And to seek from God their food.

Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age <FI>is<Fi> as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity <FI>is<Fi> every man set up. Selah.

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

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

And a wolf hath sojourned with a lamb, And a leopard with a kid doth lie down, And calf, and young lion, and fatling <FI>are<Fi> together, And a little youth is leader over them. — read the full passage →

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day <FI>is<Fi> the evil of it.

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

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;

Also--when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou <FI>art<Fi> with me, Thy rod and Thy staff--they comfort 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.

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