Birds In

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

• Fort
• Heart
• Slander

The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook. It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he. Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.

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.

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

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;

• Wisdom

He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.