Verse 26
look 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?
Referenced Verses
- Ps 147:9 : 9 Giving to the beast its food, To the young of the ravens that call.
- Job 38:41 : 41 Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.
- Luke 12:24-32 : 24 `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? 25 and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit? 26 If, 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; 28 and 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, 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;
- Matt 7:9 : 9 `Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask a loaf -- a stone will he present to him?
- Matt 10:29-31 : 29 `Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father; 30 and of you -- even the hairs of the head are all numbered; 31 be not therefore afraid, than many sparrows ye are better.
- Ps 104:27-28 : 27 All of them unto Thee do look, To give their food in its season. 28 Thou dost give to them -- they gather, Thou dost open Thy hand -- they `are' satisfied `with' good.
- 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.
- 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 12:6-7 : 6 `Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God, 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 104:11-12 : 11 They water every beast of the field, Wild asses break their thirst. 12 By them the fowl of the heavens doth dwell, From between the branches They give forth the voice.
- Gen 1:29-31 : 29 And God saith, `Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which `is' upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which `is' the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food; 30 and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which `is' breath of life, every green herb `is' for food:' and it is so. 31 And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day the sixth.
- Matt 6:32 : 32 for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;