New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Birds

• Created by God Gen. 1:20, 21, 2:19
• Created for the glory of God Ps. 148:10, 13
• Herb of the field given as food to Gen. 1:30
• Differ in flesh from beasts and fishes 1 Cor. 15:39
• Power over given to man Gen. 1:26; Ps. 8:8
• Names given to, by Adam Gen. 2:19, 20
• Instinctively fear man Gen. 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 Jas. 3:7
• Given as food to man Gen. 9:2, 3
• The blood of, not to be eaten Lev. 7:26
• The property of God Ps. 50:11
• God provides for Ps. 104:10-12; Mt. 6:26; Lk. 12:23, 24
• Called
  • Fowls of the air Gen. 7:3
  • Fowls of heaven Job 35:11
  • Feathered fowl Ezek. 39:17
  • Winged fowl Dt. 4:17
  • Birds of the air Mt. 8:20
• Many kinds of, granivorous Mt. 13:4
• Many kinds of, carnivorous Gen. 15:11, 40:19; Dt. 28:26
• Furnished with claws Dan. 4:33
• Propagated by eggs Dt. 22:6; Jer. 17:11
• Make, and dwell in nests Mt. 8:20
• Are hostile to strange kinds Jer. 12:9
• Have each their peculiar note or song Ps. 104:12; Eccl. 12:4; Song 2:12
• Fly above the earth Gen. 1:20
• Rapid flight of, alluded to Isa. 31:5; Hos. 9:11, 11:11
• Many kinds of, migratory Jer. 8:7
• Often remove from places suffering calamities Jer. 4:25, 9:10
• Rest on trees Dan. 4:12; Mt. 13:32
• Inhabit
  • Mountains Ps. 50:11
  • Deserts Ps. 102:6
  • Marshes Isa. 14:23
  • Deserted Cities Isa. 34:11, 14, 15
• Make their nests
  • In trees Ps. 104:17; Ezek. 31:6
  • On the ground Dt. 22:6
  • In clefts of rocks Num. 24:21; Jer. 48:28
  • In deserted cities Isa. 34:15
  • Under the roofs of houses Ps. 84:3
• Early distinguished into clean and unclean Gen. 8:20
• Clean
  • Dove Gen. 8:8
  • Turtle Lev. 14:22; Song 2:12
  • Pigeon Lev. 1:14, 12:6
  • Quail Ex. 16:12, 13; Num. 11:31, 32
  • Sparrow Lev. 14:4; Mt. 10:29-31
  • Swallow Ps. 84:3; Isa. 38:14
  • Cock and Hen Mt. 23:37, 26:34, 74
  • Partridge 1 Sam. 26:20; Jer. 17:11
  • Crane Isa. 38:14; Jer. 8:7
  • To be eaten Dt. 14:11, 20
  • Offered in sacrifice Gen. 8:20; Lev. 1:14
• Unclean
  • Eagle Lev. 11:13; Job 39:27
  • Ossifrage Lev. 11:13
  • Osprey Lev. 11:13
  • Vulture Lev. 11:14; Job 28:7; Isa. 34:15
  • Glede Dt. 14:13
  • Kite Lev. 11:14
  • Raven Lev. 11:15; Job 38:41
  • Owl Lev. 11:16; Job 30:29
  • Nighthawk Lev. 11:16
  • Cuckoo Lev. 11:16
  • Hawk Lev. 11:17; Job 39:26
  • Little owl Lev. 11:17
  • Cormorant Lev. 11:17; Isa. 34:11
  • Great owl Lev. 11:17
  • Swan Lev. 11:18
  • Pelican Lev. 11:18; Ps. 102:6
  • Gier Eagle Lev. 11:18
  • Stork Lev. 11:19; Ps. 104:17
  • Heron Lev. 11:19
  • Lapwing Lev. 11:19
  • Bat Lev. 11:19; Isa. 2:20
  • Ostrich Job 39:13, 18
  • Bittern Isa. 14:23, 34:11
  • Peacock 1 Ki. 10:22; Job 39:13
  • Not to be eaten Lev. 11:13-19; Dt. 14:12-18
• Not to be eaten with their young Dt. 22:6, 7
• Taken in snares or nets Pr. 1:17
• Often suffered for man's sin Gen. 6:7; Jer. 12:4; Ezek. 38:20; Hos. 4:3
• Solomon wrote the history of 1 Ki. 4:33
• Confinement of, in cages alluded to Jer. 5:27
• No likeness of, to be made for worship Dt. 4:17
• Often worshipped by idolaters Rom. 1:23
• Illustrative
  • Of cruel and rapacious kings Isa. 46:11
  • Of hostile nations Jer. 12:9
  • Of people of different countries Ezek. 31:6; Mt. 13:32
  • Of unsettled persons, &c Pr. 27:8; Isa. 16:2
  • Of the devil and his spirits Mt. 13:4, 19
  • (Snaring,) of death Eccl. 9:12
  • (Snaring,) of designs of the wicked Ps. 124:7; Pr. 1:10-17, 7:23