Bible verses about Birds
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)
- Created by God
Genesis 1:20,21; 2:19- Created for the glory of God
Psalms 148:10- Herb of the field given as food to
Genesis 1:30- Differ in flesh from beasts and fishes
I Corinthians 15:39- Power over given to man
Genesis 1:26; Psalms 8:8- Names given to, by Adam
Genesis 2:19,20- Instinctively fear man
Genesis 9:2- Instinct of, inferior to man's reason
Job 35:11- Lessons of wisdom to be learned from
Job 12:7- Can all be tamed
James 3:7- Given as food to man
Genesis 9:2,3- The blood of, not to be eaten
Leviticus 7:26- The property of God
Psalms 50:11- God provides for
Psalms 104:1-12; Matthew 6:26; Luke 12:23,24- CALLED
- Fowls of the air
Genesis 7:3
- Fowls of heaven
Job 35:11
- Feathered fowl
Ezekiel 39:17
- Winged fowl
Deuteronomy 4:17
- Birds of the air
Matthew 8:20- Many kinds of, graniverous
Matthew 13:4- Many kinds of, carnivorous
Genesis 15:11; 40:19; Deuteronomy 28:26- Furnished with claws
Daniel 4:33- Propagated by eggs
Deuteronomy 22:6; Jeremiah 17:11- Make, and dwell in nests
Matthew 8:20- Are hostile to strange kinds
Jeremiah 12:9- Have each their peculiar note or song
Psalms 104:12; Ecclesiastes 12:4; Solomon 2:12- Fly above the earth
Genesis 1:20- Rapid flight of, alluded to
Isaiah 31:5; Hosea 9:11; 11:11- Many kinds of, migratory
Jeremiah 8:7- Often remove from places suffering calamities
Jeremiah 4:25; 9:10- Rest on trees
Daniel 4:12; Matthew 13:32- INHABIT
- Mountains
Psalms 50:11
- Deserts
Psalms 102:6
- Marshes
Isaiah 14:23
- Deserted Cities
Isaiah 34:11,14,15- MAKE THEIR NESTS
- In trees
Psalms 104:17; Ezekiel 31:6
- On the ground
Deuteronomy 22:6
- In clefts of rocks
Numbers 24:21; Jeremiah 48:28
- In deserted cities
Isaiah 34:15
- Under the roofs of houses
Psalms 84:3- Early distinguished into clean and clean
Genesis 8:20- CLEAN
- Dove
Genesis 8:8
- Turtle
Leviticus 14:22; Solomon 2:12
- Pigeon
Leviticus 1:14; 12:6
- Quail
Exodus 16:12,13; Numbers 11:31,32
- Sparrow
Leviticus 14:4; Matthew 10:29-31
- Swallow
Psalms 84:3; Isaiah 38:14
- Cock and Hen
Matthew 23:37; 26:34,74
- Partridge
I Samuel 26:20; Jeremiah 17:11
- Crane
Isaiah 38:14; Jeremiah 8:7
- To be eaten
Deuteronomy 14:11,20
- Offered in sacrifice
Genesis 8:20; Leviticus 1:14- UNCLEAN
- Eagle
Leviticus 11:13; Job 39:27
- Ossifrage
Leviticus 11:13
- Osprey
Leviticus 11:13
- Vulture
Leviticus 11:14; Job 28:7; Isaiah 34:15
- Glede
Deuteronomy 14:13
- Kite
Leviticus 11:14
- Raven
Leviticus 11:15; Job 38:41
- Owl
Leviticus 11:16; Job 30:29
- Nighthawk
Leviticus 11:16
- Cuckoo
Leviticus 11:16
- Hawk
Leviticus 11:17; Job 39:26
- Little owl
Leviticus 11:17
- Cormorant
Leviticus 11:17; Isaiah 34:11
- Great owl
Leviticus 11:17
- Swan
Leviticus 11:18
- Pelican
Leviticus 11:18; Psalms 102:6
- Gier Eagle
Leviticus 11:18
- Stork
Leviticus 11:19; Psalms 104:17
- Heron
Leviticus 11:19
- Lapwing
Leviticus 11:19
- Ostrich
Job 39:13,18
- Bittern
Isaiah 14:23; 34:11
- Peacock
I Kings 10:22; Job 39:13
- Not to be eaten
Leviticus 11:13,17; Deuteronomy 14:12- Not to be eaten with their young
Deuteronomy 22:6,7- Taken in snares or nets
Proverbs 1:17- Often suffered for man's sin
Genesis 6:7; Jeremiah 12:4; Ezekiel 38:20; Hosea 4:3- Solomon wrote the history of
I Kings 4:33- Confinement of, in cages alluded to
Jeremiah 5:27- No likeness of, to be made for worship
Deuteronomy 4:17- Often worshipped by idolaters
Romans 1:23- ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of cruel and rapacious kings
Isaiah 46:11
- Of hostile nations
Jeremiah 12:9
- Of people of different countries
Ezekiel 31:6; Matthew 13:32
- Of unsettled person, &c
Proverbs 27:8; Isaiah 16:2
- Of the devil and his spirits
Matthew 13:4,19
- (Snaring,) of death
Ecclesiastes 9:12
- (Snaring,) of designs of the wicked
Psalms 124:7; Proverbs 1:10-17; 7:23
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