Luke 12:24

Webster's Bible (1833)

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!

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  • Job 38:41 : 41 Who provides for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry to God, And wander for lack of food?
  • Ps 147:9 : 9 He provides food for the cattle, And for the young ravens when they call.
  • Matt 10:31 : 31 Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
  • Luke 12:7 : 7 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
  • Ps 145:15-16 : 15 The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season. 16 You open your hand, And satisfy the desire of every living thing.
  • 1 Kgs 17:1-6 : 1 Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. 2 The word of Yahweh came to him, saying, 3 Get you hence, and turn you eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan. 4 It shall be, that you shall drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there. 5 So he went and did according to the word of Yahweh; for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan. 6 The ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
  • Job 35:11 : 11 Who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, And makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'
  • Luke 12:30-32 : 30 For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things. 31 But seek God's Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you. 32 Don't be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.
  • Mark 6:26 : 26 The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths, and of his dinner guests, he didn't wish to refuse her.

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