Verse 6

If 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:

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 22:28 : 28 And [whether it be] cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.
  • Prov 12:10 : 10 ¶ A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.
  • Hos 10:14 : 14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon [her] children.
  • Luke 12:6 : 6 ‹Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?›
  • Gen 8:17 : 17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that [is] with thee, of all flesh, [both] of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
  • Gen 32:11 : 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, [and] the mother with the children.