Birds
Creatures of the air that serve as symbols of divine care, freedom, and spiritual truth. Jesus taught, 'Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them' (Matthew 6:26). Noah sent a raven and a dove from the ark (Genesis 8:6-12). Elijah was fed by ravens (1 Kings 17:4-6). Isaiah 40:31 promises believers will 'soar on wings like eagles.' Psalm 84:3 envisions even the sparrow finding a home near God's altar. Jesus said, 'Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God' (Luke 12:6). The Holy Spirit descended 'like a dove' at Jesus' baptism (Luke 3:22).
Verses about Birds
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Genesis 7:14
They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and …
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Genesis 15:10
And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
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Genesis 40:17
And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
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Genesis 40:19
Yet within 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.
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Leviticus 14:4
Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
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Leviticus 14:5
And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:
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Leviticus 14:6
As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of…
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Leviticus 14:7
And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loos…
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Leviticus 14:49
And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
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Leviticus 14:50
And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:
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Leviticus 14:51
And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the runni…
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Leviticus 14:52
And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with th…
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Leviticus 14:53
But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.
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Deuteronomy 14:11
Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
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Deuteronomy 22:6
If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the…
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2 Samuel 21:10
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out …
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Job 41:5
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
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Psalms 11:1
In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
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Psalms 104:17
Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
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Psalms 124:7
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.