Bible Concordances
Birds

Torrey's Topical Textbook

• Created by God
  Genesis 1:20,21; 2:19

• Created for the glory of God
  Psalm 148:10

• Herb of the field given as food to
  Genesis 1:30

• Differ in flesh from beasts and fishes
  1 Corinthians 15:39

• Power over given to man
  Genesis 1:26; Psalm 8:8

• Names given to, by Adam
  Genesis 2:19,20

• Instinctively fear man
  Genesis 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
  James 3:7

• Given as food to man
  Genesis 9:2,3

• The blood of, not to be eaten
  Leviticus 7:26

• The property of God
  Psalm 50:11

• God provides for
  Psalm 104:1-12; Matthew 6:26; Luke 12:23,24

• CALLED
  • Fowls of the air
    Genesis 7:3
  • Fowls of heaven
    Job 35:11
  • Feathered fowl
    Ezekiel 39:17
  • Winged fowl
    Deuteronomy 4:17
  • Birds of the air
    Matthew 8:20

• Many kinds of, graniverous
  Matthew 13:4

• Many kinds of, carnivorous
  Genesis 15:11; 40:19; Deuteronomy 28:26

• Furnished with claws
  Daniel 4:33

• Propagated by eggs
  Deuteronomy 22:6; Jeremiah 17:11

• Make, and dwell in nests
  Matthew 8:20

• Are hostile to strange kinds
  Jeremiah 12:9

• Have each their peculiar note or song
  Psalm 104:12; Ecclesiastes 12:4; Song of Solomon 2:12

• Fly above the earth
  Genesis 1:20

• Rapid flight of, alluded to
  Isaiah 31:5; Hosea 9:11; 11:11

• Many kinds of, migratory
  Jeremiah 8:7

• Often remove from places suffering calamities
  Jeremiah 4:25; 9:10

• Rest on trees
  Daniel 4:12; Matthew 13:32

• INHABIT
  • Mountains
    Psalm 50:11
  • Deserts
    Psalm 102:6
  • Marshes
    Isaiah 14:23
  • Deserted Cities
    Isaiah 34:11,14,15

• MAKE THEIR NESTS
  • In trees
    Psalm 104:17; Ezekiel 31:6
  • On the ground
    Deuteronomy 22:6
  • In clefts of rocks
    Numbers 24:21; Jeremiah 48:28
  • In deserted cities
    Isaiah 34:15
  • Under the roofs of houses
    Psalm 84:3

• Early distinguished into clean and clean
  Genesis 8:20

• CLEAN
  • Dove
    Genesis 8:8
  • Turtle
    Leviticus 14:22; Song of Solomon 2:12
  • Pigeon
    Leviticus 1:14; 12:6
  • Quail
    Exodus 16:12,13; Numbers 11:31,32
  • Sparrow
    Leviticus 14:4; Matthew 10:29-31
  • Swallow
    Psalm 84:3; Isaiah 38:14
  • Cock and Hen
    Matthew 23:37; 26:34,74
  • Partridge
    1 Samuel 26:20; Jeremiah 17:11
  • Crane
    Isaiah 38:14; Jeremiah 8:7
  • To be eaten
    Deuteronomy 14:11,20
  • Offered in sacrifice
    Genesis 8:20; Leviticus 1:14

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

• Not to be eaten with their young
  Deuteronomy 22:6,7

• Taken in snares or nets
  Proverbs 1:17

• Often suffered for man's sin
  Genesis 6:7; Jeremiah 12:4; Ezekiel 38:20; Hosea 4:3

• Solomon wrote the history of
  1 Kings 4:33

• Confinement of, in cages alluded to
  Jeremiah 5:27

• No likeness of, to be made for worship
  Deuteronomy 4:17

• Often worshipped by idolaters
  Romans 1:23

• ILLUSTRATIVE
  • Of cruel and rapacious kings
    Isaiah 46:11
  • Of hostile nations
    Jeremiah 12:9
  • Of people of different countries
    Ezekiel 31:6; Matthew 13:32
  • Of unsettled person, &c
    Proverbs 27:8; Isaiah 16:2
  • Of the devil and his spirits
    Matthew 13:4,19
  • (Snaring,) of death
    Ecclesiastes 9:12
  • (Snaring,) of designs of the wicked
    Psalm 124:7; Proverbs 1:10-17; 7:23