Psalms 104:12

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

The leaves of it were beautiful, and it had much fruit, and in it was food for all. The animals of the field had shade under it, and the birds of the sky lived in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.

Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?

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.

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

All the birds of the sky made their nests in its boughs. Under its branches, all the animals of the field gave birth to their young. All great nations lived under its shadow.

where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the cypress trees.

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

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

even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

They, when they heard it, glorified God. They said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law.

the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.

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

Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God; for I pray to you.

the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.

wild animals and all livestock; small creatures and flying birds;

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

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.

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

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.

They came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.

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

The multitude answered him, “We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever. How do you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up?’ Who is this Son of Man?”

Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.

God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

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.”

they, and every animal after its kind, all the livestock after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.

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

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.

“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?

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

But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.

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

But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.

Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, Yahweh of Armies, my King, and my God.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

Praise Yahweh, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise Yahweh, my soul!

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

for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.

Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.

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

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

Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah!

The animals of the field, the jackals and the ostriches, shall honor me, because I give water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,

All you animals of the field, come to devour, all you animals in the forest.

Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times. The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don’t know Yahweh’s law.

Inhabitant of Lebanon, who makes your nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied you will be when pangs come on you, the pain as of a woman in travail!

I will plant it in the mountain of the height of Israel; and it will produce boughs, and bear fruit, and be a good cedar. Birds of every kind will dwell in the shade of its branches.

whose leaves were beautiful, and its fruit plentiful, and in it was food for all; under which the animals of the field lived, and on whose branches the birds of the sky had their habitation:

“I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there,” says Yahweh.

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?

For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever.

Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins-” (then he said to the paralytic), “Get up, and take up your mat, and go to your house.”

For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.

which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.”

He answered them, “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,

Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”

For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Don’t tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.”

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!

“Aren’t five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.

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!