Created by God. Gen. 1:20, 21. Gen. 2:9.
Created for the glory of God. Psa. 148:10.
Herb of the field given as food to. Gen. 1:30.
Differ in flesh from beasts and fishes. 1 Cor. 15:39.
Power over given to man. Gen. 1:26. Psa. 8:8.
Names given to, by Adam. Gen. 2:19, 20.
Instinctively fear man. Gen. 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. Gen. 9:2, 3.
The blood of, not to be eaten. Lev. 7:26.
The property of God. Psa. 50:11.
God provides for. Psa. 104:10-12. Mat. 6:26. Luke 12:23, 24.
CALLED
Fowls of the air. Gen. 7:3.
Fowls of heaven. Job 35:11.
Feathered fowl. Eze. 39:17.
Winged fowl. Deu. 4:17.
Birds of the air. Mat. 8:20.
Many kinds of, granivorous. Mat. 13:4.
Many kinds of, carnivorous. Gen. 15:11. Gen. 40:19. Deu. 28:26.
Furnished with claws. Dan. 4:33.
Propagated by eggs. Deu. 22:6. Jer. 17:11.
Make, and dwell in nests. Mat. 8:20.
Are hostile to strange kinds. Jer. 12:9.
Have each their peculiar note or song. Psa. 104:12. Ecc. 12:4. SoS. 2:12.
Fly above the earth. Gen. 1:20.
Rapid flight of, alluded to. Isa. 31: 5. Hos. 9:11. Hos. 11:11.
Many kinds of, migratory. Jer. 8:7.
Often remove from places suffering calamities. Jer. 4:25. Jer. 9:10.
Rest on trees. Dan. 4:12. Mat. 13:32.
INHABIT
Mountains. Psa. 50:11.
Deserts. Psa. 102:6.
Marshes. Isa. 14:23.
Deserted cities. Isa. 34:11, 14, 15.
MAKE THEIR NESTS
In trees. Psa. 104:17. Eze. 31:6.
On the ground. Deu. 22:6.
In clefts of rocks. Num. 24:21. Jer. 48:28.
In deserted cities. Isa. 34:15.
Under the roofs of houses. Psa. 84:3.
Early distinguished into clean and unclean. Gen. 8:20.
CLEAN
Dove. Gen. 8:8.
Turtle. Lev. 14:22. SoS. 2:12.
Pigeon. Lev. 1:14. Lev. 12:6.
Quail. Exo. 16:12, 13. Num. 11: 31, 32.
Sparrow. Lev. 14:4. (marg.) Mat. 10:29-31.
Swallow. Psa. 84:3. Isa. 38:14.
Cock and hen. Mat. 23:37. Mat. 26:34, 74.
Partridge. 1 Sam. 26:20. Jer. 17: 11.
Crane. Isa. 38:14. Jer. 8:7.
To be eaten. Deu. 14:11, 20.
Offered in sacrifice. Gen. 8:20. Lev. 1:14.
UNCLEAN
Eagle. Lev. 11:13. Job 39:27.
Ossifrage. Lev. 11:13.
Osprey. Lev. 11:13.
Vulture. Lev. 11:14. Job 28:7. Isa. 34:15.
Glede. Deu. 14:13.
Kite. Lev. 11:14.
Raven. Lev. 11:15. Job 38:41.
Owl. Lev. 11:16. Job 30:29.
Night hawk. Lev. 11:16.
Cuckoo. Lev. 11:16.
Hawk. Lev. 11:16. Job 39:26.
Little owl. Lev. 11:17.
Cormorant. Lev. 11:17. Isa. 34:11.
Great owl. Lev. 11:17.
Swan. Lev. 11:18.
Pelican. Lev. 11:18. Psa. 102:6.
Gier Eagle. Lev. 11:18.
Stork. Lev. 11:19. Psa. 104:17.
Heron. Lev. 11:19.
Lapwing. Lev. 11:19.
Bat. Lev. 11:19. Isa. 2:20.
Ostrich. Job 39:13, 18.
Bittern. Isa. 14:23. Isa. 34:11.
Peacock. 1 Kin. 10:22. Job 39:13.
Not to be eaten. Lev. 11:13, 17.
Deu. 14:12.
Not to be eaten with their young. Deu. 22:6, 7.
Taken in snares or nets. Pro. 1:17.
Often suffered for man's sin. Gen. 6:7. Jer. 12:4. Eze. 38:20. Hos. 4:3.
Solomon wrote the history of. 1 Kin. 4:33.
Confinement of, in cages alluded to. Jer. 5:27.
No likeness of, to be made for worship. Deu. 4:17.
Often worshipped by idolaters. Rom. 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. Mat. 13:32.
Of unsettled persons, &c. Pro. 27: 8. Isa. 16:2.
Of the devil and his spirits. Mat. 13:4, with 19 v.
(Snaring,) of death. Ecc. 9:12.
(Snaring,) of designs of the wicked. Psa. 124:7. Pro. 1:10-17. Pro. 7:23.