Bible Verses About Birds

and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind;

the little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

and the pelican, and the gier-eagle, and the cormorant,

and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat;

and every teeming thing which is flying, unclean it is to you; they are not eaten;

any clean fowl ye do eat.

`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;

thou dost certainly send away the mother, and the young ones dost take to thyself, so that it is well with thee, and thou hast prolonged days.

The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.

For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them,

And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down.

Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain is her labour without fear.

For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding:

At the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his rider.

By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?

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

A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.

From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively,

And his brood gulp up blood, And where the pierced are --there is he!

And causest him to lack a little of Godhead, And with honour and majesty compassest him.

Thou dost cause him to rule Over the works of Thy hands, All Thou hast placed under his feet.

Sheep and oxen, all of them, And also beasts of the field,

Bird of the heavens, and fish of the sea, Passing through the paths of the seas!

Bless, O my soul, Jehovah! Jehovah, my God, Thou hast been very great, Honour and majesty Thou hast put on.

Covering himself with light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,