Of Birds

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.

And the priest shall command that one Of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:

And he shall kill the one Of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:

Of all clean birds ye shall eat.

• Rizpah
• Parents

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 Of heaven, and suffered neither the birds Of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts Of the field by night.

• Fish

For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons Of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

The flowers appear on the earth; the time Of the singing Of birds is come, and the voice Of the turtle is heard in our land;

As birds flying, so will the LORD Of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds Of the heavens were fled.

As a cage is full Of birds, so are their houses full Of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

• Agriculture
• Church
• Church

How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs Of every field wither, for the wickedness Of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end. If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land Of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling Of Jordan? For even thy brethren, and the house Of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.

Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts Of the field, come to devour.

Thou shalt fall upon the mountains Of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds Of every sort, and to the beasts Of the field to be devoured.

The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew Of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.

And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds Of the air have nests; but the Son Of man hath not where to lay his head.

Which indeed is the least Of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds Of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds Of the air have nests; but the Son Of man hath not where to lay his head.

• Animals
• Idolatry

And changed the glory Of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind Of flesh Of men, another flesh Of beasts, another Of fishes, and another Of birds.

For every kind Of beasts, and Of birds, and Of serpents, and Of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed Of mankind: