Jeremiah 8:7

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 1:3 : 3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
  • Song 2:12 : 12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing [of birds] is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
  • Jer 5:4-5 : 4 Therefore I said, Surely these [are] poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, [nor] the judgment of their God. 5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, [and] the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, [and] burst the bonds.
  • Prov 6:6-8 : 6 ¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.
  • Isa 5:12 : 12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 8How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of the LORD [is] with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he [it]; the pen of the scribes [is] in vain.

  • 3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

  • 14Like a crane [or] a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

  • Isa 34:15-16
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    69%

    15There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.

    16Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

  • 17Where the birds make their nests: [as for] the stork, the fir trees [are] her house.

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    15And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,

    16The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

    17And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,

    18And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

  • 3Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, [even] thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

  • Hos 8:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1¶ [Set] the trumpet to thy mouth. [He shall come] as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

    2Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.

  • Lev 11:16-19
    4 verses
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    16And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,

    17And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,

    18And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,

    19And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

  • 12The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing [of birds] is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

  • 6I hearkened and heard, [but] they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.

  • 22For my people [is] foolish, they have not known me; they [are] sottish children, and they have none understanding: they [are] wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

  • 8Who [are] these [that] fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

  • 12When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.

  • 33And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray [them] away.

  • Job 39:26-27
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    67%

    26¶ Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, [and] stretch her wings toward the south?

    27Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

  • 4How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

  • 8¶ As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.

  • 7[There is] a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:

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    8The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and whatsoever] passeth through the paths of the seas.

  • 3Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

  • 11We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but [there is] none; for salvation, [but] it is far off from us.

  • 7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

  • 14And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs [that are] left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

  • 11They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.

  • 12For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so [are] the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

  • 12But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.

  • 9Mine heritage [is] unto me [as] a speckled bird, the birds round about [are] against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.

  • 8The priests said not, Where [is] the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after [things that] do not profit.

  • 11But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.

  • 4Therefore I said, Surely these [are] poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, [nor] the judgment of their God.

  • 19Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: [Is] not the LORD in Zion? [is] not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, [and] with strange vanities?

  • 13Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because [they have] no knowledge: and their honourable men [are] famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

  • 11Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

  • 6If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, [whether they be] young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

  • 21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

  • 1¶ Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? [or] canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

  • 28But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

  • 9Shall I not visit them for these [things]? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

  • 3Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people [is become] cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

  • 12By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, [which] sing among the branches.