Luke 12:6

Whether it is a cow or ewe, you shall not kill it and its young both in one day.

Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?

To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;” and it was so.

These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.

See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?

Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,

Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

But the very hairs of your head are all counted. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

You shall drink from the brook. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

Yes, the animals of the field pant to you, for the water brooks have dried up, And the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

“Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father’s will,

Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day.”

God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.

Take with you some of all food that is eaten, and gather it to yourself; and it will be for food for you, and for them.”

and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from the earth.

Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.”

Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and strike me and the mothers with the children.

any kind of raven,

Yahweh’s angel said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary, because your way is perverse before me.

If you come across a bird’s nest on the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the hen sitting on the young, or on the eggs, you shall not take the hen with the young.

She went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a great deep. Yahweh, you preserve man and animal.

I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine.

The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.

who gives food to every creature; for his loving kindness endures forever.

The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season.

He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.

A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Therefore a battle roar will arise among your people, and all your fortresses will be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel in the day of battle. The mother was dashed in pieces with her children.

I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.

The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths, and of his dinner guests, he didn’t wish to refuse her.

Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!

Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.”

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.