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Birds

 

Birds

Created by God - Ge 1:20,21; 2:19

Created for the glory of God - Ps 148:10

Herb of the field given as food to - Ge 1:30

Differ in flesh from beasts and fishes - 1Co 15:39

Power over given to man - Ge 1:26; Ps 8:8

Names given to, by Adam - Ge 2:19,20

Instinctively fear man - Ge 9:2

Instinct of, inferior to man's reason - Job 35:11

Lessons of wisdom to be learned from - Job 12:7

Can all be tamed - Jas 3:7

Given as food to man - Ge 9:2,3

The blood of, not to be eaten - Le 7:26

The property of God - Ps 50:11

God provides for - Ps 104:1-12; Mt 6:26; Lu 12:23,24

CALLED

• Fowls of the air
- Ge 7:3
• Fowls of heaven
- Job 35:11
• Feathered fowl
- Eze 39:17
• Winged fowl
- De 4:17
• Birds of the air
- Mt 8:20

Many kinds of, graniverous - Mt 13:4

Many kinds of, carnivorous - Ge 15:11; 40:19; De 28:26

Furnished with claws - Da 4:33

Propagated by eggs - De 22:6; Jer 17:11

Make, and dwell in nests - Mt 8:20

Are hostile to strange kinds - Jer 12:9

Have each their peculiar note or song - Ps 104:12; Ec 12:4; So 2:12

Fly above the earth - Ge 1:20

Rapid flight of, alluded to - Isa 31:5; Ho 9:11; 11:11

Many kinds of, migratory - Jer 8:7

Often remove from places suffering calamities - Jer 4:25; 9:10

Rest on trees - Da 4:12; Mt 13:32

INHABIT

• Mountains
- Ps 50:11
• Deserts
- Ps 102:6
• Marshes
- Isa 14:23
• Deserted Cities
- Isa 34:11,14,15

MAKE THEIR NESTS

• In trees
- Ps 104:17; Eze 31:6
• On the ground
- De 22:6
• In clefts of rocks
- Nu 24:21; Jer 48:28
• In deserted cities
- Isa 34:15
• Under the roofs of houses
- Ps 84:3

Early distinguished into clean and clean - Ge 8:20

CLEAN

• Dove
- Ge 8:8
• Turtle
- Le 14:22; So 2:12
• Pigeon
- Le 1:14; 12:6
• Quail
- Ex 16:12,13; Nu 11:31,32
• Sparrow
- Le 14:4; Mt 10:29-31
• Swallow
- Ps 84:3; Isa 38:14
• Cock and Hen
- Mt 23:37; 26:34,74
• Partridge
- 1Sa 26:20; Jer 17:11
• Crane
- Isa 38:14; Jer 8:7
• To be eaten
- De 14:11,20
• Offered in sacrifice
- Ge 8:20; Le 1:14

UNCLEAN

• Eagle
- Le 11:13; Job 39:27
• Ossifrage
- Le 11:13
• Osprey
- Le 11:13
• Vulture
- Le 11:14; Job 28:7; Isa 34:15
• Glede
- De 14:13
• Kite
- Le 11:14
• Raven
- Le 11:15; Job 38:41
• Owl
- Le 11:16; Job 30:29
• Nighthawk
- Le 11:16
• Cuckoo
- Le 11:16
• Hawk
- Le 11:17; Job 39:26
• Little owl
- Le 11:17
• Cormorant
- Le 11:17; Isa 34:11
• Great owl
- Le 11:17
• Swan
- Le 11:18
• Pelican
- Le 11:18; Ps 102:6
• Gier Eagle
- Le 11:18
• Stork
- Le 11:19; Ps 104:17
• Heron
- Le 11:19
• Lapwing
- Le 11:19
• Bat
- Le 11:19; Isa 2:20
• Ostrich
- Job 39:13,18
• Bittern
- Isa 14:23; 34:11
• Peacock
- 1Ki 10:22; Job 39:13
• Not to be eaten
- Le 11:13,17; De 14:12

Not to be eaten with their young - De 22:6,7

Taken in snares or nets - Pr 1:17

Often suffered for man's sin - Ge 6:7; Jer 12:4; Eze 38:20; Ho 4:3

Solomon wrote the history of - 1Ki 4:33

Confinement of, in cages alluded to - Jer 5:27

No likeness of, to be made for worship - De 4:17

Often worshipped by idolaters - Ro 1:23

ILLUSTRATIVE

• Of cruel and rapacious kings
- Isa 46:11
• Of hostile nations
- Jer 12:9
• Of people of different countries
- Eze 31:6; Mt 13:32
• Of unsettled person, &c
- Pr 27:8; Isa 16:2
• Of the devil and his spirits
- Mt 13:4,19
• (Snaring,) of death
- Ec 9:12
• (Snaring,) of designs of the wicked
- Ps 124:7; Pr 1:10-17; 7:23
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