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; Song 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; Song 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.