Birds are mentioned in the Bible many times both literally and also symbolically for various reasons. Many of the references to the birds of the heavens teach us about life and our relationship with God. Here are our top 22 Bible verses about birds!
22 The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
- Song of Solomon 2:12
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21 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.
- Matthew 10:29
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20 Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; they sing among the branches.
- Psalm 104:12
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19 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
- Genesis 1:30
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18 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”
- Genesis 1:20
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17 I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine.
- Psalm 50:11
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16 The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered.
- Genesis 9:2
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15 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
- Matthew 8:20
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14 Like a cage full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and rich;
- Jeremiah 5:27
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13 “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
- Matthew 10:16
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12 He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.
- Psalm 147:9
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11 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”
- Matthew 13:32
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10 Even the stork in the heavens knows her times, and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming, but my people know not the rules of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 8:7
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9 In them the birds build their nests; the stork has her home in the fir trees.
- Psalm 104:17
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8 Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God.
- Psalm 84:3
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7 Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.
- Proverbs 27:8
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6 Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, and wander about for lack of food?
- Job 38:41
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5 So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:21
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4 Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!
- Luke 12:24
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3 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
- Genesis 1:26
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2 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
- Matthew 6:26
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1 but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
- Isaiah 40:31
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5 Stories From The Bible About Birds
Here are 5 stories from the Bible about birds.
Let Birds Fly
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth so that the living creatures could have a home, so it is written that “God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens” (Genesis 1:20). There are fewer things more magnificent that a bird in flight…an engineering marvel, yet nothing to God Who creates and says, “It was good” (Genesis 1:21, 25).
Birds of the Air
When Jesus pointed out the birds of the air, He was trying to compare their value to the disciples, saying, “Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they” (Matthew 6:26). Since we are of more value, will God not provide for us too, since He also provides for the less valued sparrows? The answer of course is yes…He will.
A Bird in the Nest
Many came to Jesus and desired to follow Him, but after a time, many who followed Him, followed Him no more (John 6:66), so it was not easy being a disciple of Jesus. To be associated with Him was to have others hate you, so after a scribe told Jesus, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go” (Matthew 8:19)…”Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head” (Matthew 8:20).
Straying from the Nest
There are many comparisons with a wayward man and a bird flying the coop. Solomon wrote, “Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home” (Proverbs 27:8). His point is that it’s not a good idea to stray from one’s home, any more than it is for a bird to stray from their nest. The context of Proverbs chapter 28 may be telling Solomon’s way of referring to someone having an adulterous affair, but either way, the results can be disastrous if we don’t stay in our own nest.
Worshipping Creation
Birds have such beauty and grace, but some nations from the ancient days worshipped them, and the Apostle Paul said, “Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things” (Romans 1:22-23). Egypt and many other nation’s worshipped birds of prey, but what they have done was to exchange worshipping God with worshipping nature.
Birds play an intricate role in the ecosystem, and each one of them has a valuable place in the world, but God values them too. God’s Word says that “Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel” (Proverbs 12:10). That could not be any clearer. God loves His creatures and so should we…first and foremost, one another (John 13:34-35).
We hope you enjoyed this page! Here are a few more you may also like to read and study!
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Written by Pastor Jack Wellman
