Bible Verses About Birds

and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind,

the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl,

and the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant,

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

And all winged creeping things are unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.

Of all clean birds ye may eat.

If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

thou shalt surely let the dam go, but the young thou mayest take unto thyself; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.

The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love?

For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust,

And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them.

She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, she is without fear;

Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider.

Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, And stretcheth her wings toward the south?

Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high?

On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.

From thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off.

Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she.

For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor.

Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet:

All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the field,

The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

Bless Jehovah, O my soul. O Jehovah my God, thou art very great; Thou art clothed with honor and majesty:

Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;