Bible Verses About Birds

the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,

the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,

the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, or the bat.

All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.

But you may eat any clean bird.

If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.

You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.

The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.

For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.

She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.

She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.

For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.

Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.

Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?

Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?

He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.

From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.

His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”

You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.

You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,

the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.

Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty.

He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,