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He uses not here the instance of the birds, when He might have drawn some to the point, as the peacock, or the swan, but brings forward the lilies, saying, Consider the lilies of the field. He would prove in two things the abundant goodness of God; to wit, the richness of the beauty with which they are clothed, and the mean value of the things ...
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. The New International Version translates the passage as: Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
The dove is mentioned in the Bible more often than any other bird (over 50 times); this comes both from the great number of doves flocking in Israel, and of the favour they enjoy among the people. The dove is first spoken of in the record of the flood ( Genesis 8:8–12); later on we see that Abraham offered up some in sacrifice, which would ...
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40 Mother's Day Bible Verses That Are Full of Love Ariel Skelley - Getty Images There are few people in this world who work as hard as mothers. Motherhood, in its many forms, calls for patience ...
Hendriksen counters that God provided for them by creating a world filled with food, and giving the birds the instincts to collect it. The verse could also be read as a call for self-sufficiency or for a return to a hunter gatherer lifestyle, something advocated by the philosopher Seneca. Other verses make fairly clear this is not what is meant ...
Rabanus Maurus: "Heretics confiding in their art are signified by the foxes, the evil spirits by the birds of the air, who have their holes and their nests, that is, their abodes in the heart of the Jewish people. Another of his disciples saith unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father."
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