Luke 12:24

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls?

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  • Job 38:41 : 41 Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.
  • Ps 147:9 : 9 Giving to the beast its food, To the young of the ravens that call.
  • Matt 10:31 : 31 be not therefore afraid, than many sparrows ye are better.
  • Luke 12:7 : 7 but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.
  • Ps 145:15-16 : 15 The eyes of all unto Thee do look, And Thou art giving to them their food in its season, 16 Opening Thy hand, and satisfying The desire of every living thing.
  • 1 Kgs 17:1-6 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, saith unto Ahab, `Jehovah, God of Israel, liveth, before whom I have stood, there is not these years dew and rain, except according to my word.' 2 And the word of Jehovah is unto him, saying, 3 `Go from this `place'; and thou hast turned for thee eastward, and been hidden by the brook Cherith, that `is' on the front of the Jordan, 4 and it hath been, from the brook thou dost drink, and the ravens I have commanded to sustain thee there.' 5 And he goeth and doth according to the word of Jehovah, yea, he goeth and dwelleth by the brook Cherith, that `is' on the front of the Jordan, 6 and the ravens are bringing to him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening, and of the brook he drinketh.
  • Job 35:11 : 11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'
  • Luke 12:30-32 : 30 for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things; 31 but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you. 32 `Fear not, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign;
  • Mark 6:26 : 26 And the king -- made very sorrowful -- because of the oaths and of those reclining (at meat) with him, would not put her away,

Similar Verses (AI)

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    25`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

    26look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

    27`And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

    28and about clothing why are ye anxious? consider well the lilies of the field; how do they grow? they do not labour, nor do they spin;

    29and I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.

    30`And if the herb of the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow is cast to the furnace, God doth so clothe -- not much more you, O ye of little faith?

    31therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?

    32for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;

    33but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

    34Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day `is' the evil of it.

  • Luke 12:21-23
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    21so `is' he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

    22And he said unto his disciples, `Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on;

    23the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.

  • Luke 12:25-33
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    25and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

    26If, then, ye are not able for the least -- why for the rest are ye anxious?

    27`Consider the lilies, how do they grow? they labour not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these;

    28and if the herbage in the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow into an oven is cast, God doth so clothe, how much more you -- ye of little faith?

    29`And ye -- seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,

    30for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;

    31but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

    32`Fear not, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign;

    33sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;

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    41Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.

  • Ps 147:9
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    9Giving to the beast its food, To the young of the ravens that call.

  • Luke 12:6-7
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    6`Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God,

    7but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.

  • Matt 10:29-31
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    75%

    29`Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father;

    30and of you -- even the hairs of the head are all numbered;

    31be not therefore afraid, than many sparrows ye are better.

  • 1 Kgs 17:4
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    4and it hath been, from the brook thou dost drink, and the ravens I have commanded to sustain thee there.'

  • 1 Kgs 17:6
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    6and the ravens are bringing to him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening, and of the brook he drinketh.

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    15every raven after its kind,

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    11Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'

  • Deut 14:14
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    14and every raven after its kind;

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    7And yet, ask, I pray thee, `One of' the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee.

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    26and thy carcase hath been for food to every fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth, and there is none causing trembling.

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    12By them the fowl of the heavens doth dwell, From between the branches They give forth the voice.

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    15And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

    16And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

    17and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?

    18and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,

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    5For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.

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    23Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

  • Matt 8:20
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    20and Jesus saith to him, `The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may lay the head.'

  • Prov 6:8
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    8She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food.

  • Matt 6:19
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    19`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

  • Luke 9:58
    68%

    58and Jesus said to him, `The foxes have holes, and the fowls of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may recline the head.'

  • Matt 13:4
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    4and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,

  • Ps 104:27
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    27All of them unto Thee do look, To give their food in its season.

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    13The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.