A black carnivorous bird
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. (Proverbs 30:17)
His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. (Song of Solomon 5:11)
Forbidden as food
Every raven after his kind; (Leviticus 11:15)
And every raven after his kind, (Deuteronomy 14:14)
Preserved by Noah in the ark
And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. (Genesis 8:7)
Fed Elijah
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. So he went and did according unto the word of the Lord: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. (1 Kings 17:4-6)
Cared for by divine providence
Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? (Luke 12:24)