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Prov. xxx, 30. A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turn-spoken, who can but prophesy? eth not away for any.

Isa. v, 29. Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall

deliver it.

Isa. xxi, 8. And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights.

Isa. xxxviii, 13. I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of

me.

an inhabitant.

Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and

in Damascus in a couch.

Micah v, 8. And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

Nahum ii, 11-13. Where is the Jer. iv, 7. The lion is come up feeding place of the young lions, dwelling of the lions, and the from his thicket, and the destroy-where the lion, even the old lion, er of the Gentiles is on his way; walked, and the lion's whelp, and he is gone forth from his place to none made them afraid? The lion make thy land desolate; and thy did tear in pieces enough for his cities shall be laid waste, without whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin. Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.

Jer. xii, 8. Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

Jer. xxv, 38. He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the flerceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.

Jer. xlix, 19. Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

Jer. 11, 38. They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.

Ezek. xix, 2, 3, 5, 6. And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.

Joel 1, 6. For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and

2 Tim. iv, 17. Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

1 Pet. v, 8. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.

Rev. iv, 7. And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.

Rev. v, 5. And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the

seven seals thereof.

Rev. x, 3. And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.

Dan. vi, 24. And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den

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of lions, them, their children, an their wives; and the lions had t mastery of them, and brake their bones in pieces or ever the came at the bottom of the den.

(See under Miracle.)

LEVIATHAN OR CROCODIL

BULK AND APPEARANCE.

maketh the deep to boil like Job xli, 31, 32, 18-21, 11. I pot: he maketh the sea like a p

to shine after him; one wor think the deep to be hoary. his neesings a light doth sh and his eyes are like the eyeli of the morning. Out of his mo go burning lamps, and sparks fire leap out. Out of his nostr goeth smoke, as out of a seethi pot or caldron. His breath k leth coals, and a flame goeth of his mouth. Who hath preve ed me, that I should repay whatsoever is under the wh heaven is mine.

of ointment. He maketh a pa

IMPENETRABLE SCALES. Job xli, 7, 12-17, 23, 26-30. Ca thou fill his skin with bar irons? or his head with fish spe I will not conceal his parts, his power, nor his comely proj tion. Who can discover the of his garment? or who can to him with his double bri Who can open the doors of face? his teeth are terrible ro about. His scales are his pr shut up together as with a d seal. One is so near to anot that no air can come betw

them. They are joined one another, they stick together, they cannot be sundered. flakes of his flesh are joined t ther: they are firm in themsel they cannot be moved. sword of him that layeth ath cannot hold: the spear, the nor the habergeon. He este eth iron as straw, and brass rotten wood. The arrow can make him flee: slingstones turned with him into stub Darts are counted as stubble: laugheth at the shaking of a sp Sharp stones are under him spreadeth sharp pointed thi upon the mire.

UNTAMEABLE.

Job xli, 1-6,8-10, 22, 24, 25, 53 Canst thou draw out levia with an hook? or his tongue a cord which thou lettest do Canst thou put an hook into nose? or bore his jaw thro with a thorn? Will he m many supplications unto th will he speak soft words thee? Will he make a coven with thee? wilt thou take for a servant for ever? Wilt th play with him as with a bird

thoa bind him for thy maidShall thy companions make inquet of him? shall they part among the merchants? Lay hand upon him, remember battle, do no more. Behold, hope of him is in vain: shall one be cast down even at the t of him? None is so fierce

dare stir him up: who then ble to stand before me? In neck remaineth strength, and row is turned into joy before His heart is as firm as a Deye as hard as a piece of Lether millstone. When he seth up himself, the mighty are by reason of breakings perify themselves. Upon h there is not his like, who is de without fear.

shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

WOLF.

ITS FEROCITY.

Gen. xlix, 27. Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

of the forest shall slay them, and Jer. v, 6. Wherefore a lion out a wolf of the evenings shall spoil their cities: every one that goeth them, a leopard shall watch over out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are He behold-many, and their backslidings are

All high things: he is a king rail the children of pride.

increased.

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Gen. xxv, 27. And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and in tents.

9. xxiv, 14. Thou brakest the the midst thereof are like wolves Jacob was a plain man, dwelling

ds of leviathan in pieces, and st him to be meat to the peoInhabiting the wilderness. civ, 28. There go the ships:

that leviathan whom ahast made to play therein.

XXV. 1. In that day the with his sore and great and ged shall punish levithe piercing serpent, even vhan that crooked serpent; be shall slay the dragon that

the sea.

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iii, 17. His glory is like tring of his bullock, and his like the horns of uniwith them he shall push the together to the ends of the and they are the ten thouof Ephraim, and they are sands of Manasseh. xxxix, 9, 11, 12. Will the be willing to serve thee, de by thy cribe Wilt thou , because his strength is or wilt thou leave thy to him? Wilt thou believe at he will bring home thy and gather it into thy barn? P., 21. Save me from the is month: for thou hast heard

and to destroy souls, to get disravening the prey, to shed blood, honest gain.

more fierce than the evening Hab. 1, 8. Their horses*** are

wolves.

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Matth. vii, 15. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Matth. x, 16. Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

John x, 12. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd,

whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leav eth the sheep, and fleeth: and the eth the sheep. wolf catcheth them, and scatter

Acts xx, 29. For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

PROPHETIC SYMBOLS. Dan. vii, 3-5, 7, 11, 12, 17. And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. The first cas like a lion, and had eagle's wings: 1 beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it. And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour

much flesh. After this I saw in fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, the night visions, and behold a

Gen. xxvii, 3, 5, 30. Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy wea go out to the field, and take me pons, thy quiver and thy bow, and some venison; And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son.

And Esau went to the

field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of

blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

Judges xv, 4, 5. And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.

1 Sam. xxiv, 11. Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.

Job x, 16. For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

Prov. vi, 5. Deliver thyself as a

roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the

fowler.

Çant. ii, 15. Take us the foxes,

from the horns of the unicorns. and strong exceedingly; and it the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

xi, 10. But my horn shalt erait like the horn of an uniI shall be anointed with

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Gen. vii, 3, 14. Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

birds round about are against
her; come ye, assemble all the
beasts of the field, come to de-

vour.

Ezek. xxxix, 17. And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. Eccles. x, 20. Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

land.

And every fowl after his Cant. ii, 12. The flowers appear kind, every bird of every sort. on the earth; the time of the Gen. xl, 17, 19. And in the up-singing of birds is come, and the permost basket there was of all voice of the turtle is heard in our manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head. Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

1 Sam. xvii, 44. And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.

1 Kin. iv, 33. He spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of, creeping things, and of fishes.

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1 Kin. xiv, 11. .. And him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it.

P3. xi, 1. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

CAGE.

Jer. v, 27. As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

that are left, have I gathered the earth; and there was no that moved the wing, or opens the mouth, or peeped.

Isa. xvi, 2. For it shall be, as a wandering bird cast out of nest, so the daughters of M shall be at the fords of Arnon.

Jer. xxii. 23. O inhabitant, Lebanon, that makest thy nest the cedars, how gracious thou be when pangs come up thee, the pain as of a woman travail!

Obad. 4. Though thon thyself as the eagle, and that thou set thy nest among stars, thence will I bring down, saith the LORD.

Hab. il, 9. Woe to him coveteth an evil covetousne his house, that he may set his on high, that he may be deliver from the power of evil!

Matth. xiii, 32. Which ind the least of all seeds: but wh is grown, it is the greatest herbs, and becometh a tr that the birds of the air come lodge in the branches thereaf

unto him, Foxes have holes Luke ix, 58. And Jesus say-birds of the air have nests, bu Son of man hath not where his head.

Rev. xviii, 2. And he cried
mightily with a strong voice,
ing, Babylon the great is fallen,
is fallen, and is become the habit-
ation of devils, and the hold of
every foul spirit, and a cage of
every unclean and hateful bird.

NEST.

Deut. xxii, 6, 7. 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 the young, or upon the eggs, eggs, and the dam sitting upon thou shalt not take the dam with the young: But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be Ps. lxxviii, 27. He rained flesh well with thee, and that thou also upon them as dust, and fea-mayest prolong thy days. thered fowls like as the sand of the sea.

Ps. 1, 11. I know all the fowls of the mountains.

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Isa. xviii, 6. They shall be left

together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth; and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

Isa. xxxi, 5. As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

Isa. xlvi, 11. Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

Jer. xii, 9. Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the

Job xxix, 18. Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

Ps. lxxxiv, 3. Yea, the sparrow
hath found an house, and the
swallow a nest for herself, where
she may lay her young, even
thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my
King, and my God.

Ps. civ, 12, 17. By them shall
the fowls of the heaven have
their habitation,
among the branches. Where the
which sing
birds make their nests: as for the
stork, the fir trees are her house.

Prov. xxvil, 8. As a bird that
wandereth from her nest, so is a
man that wandereth from his
place.

Isa. x, 14. And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs

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LOVELY, MOURNFUL, AND
WEAK.

Gen. vill, 8-12. Also be forth a dove from him, to the waters were abated from dove found no rest for the sol the face of the ground; But her foot, and she returned him into the ark, for the wa were on the face of the wri earth: then he put forth his h and took her, and pulled her unto him into the ark. And stayed yet other seven days a again he sent forth the dove of the ark; and the dove car to him in the evening, and, 10,

month was an olive leaf ckt off; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the arth And he stayed yet other even days, and sent forth the which returned not again to him any more. PIT, 6. And I said, Oh that I wings like a dove! for then uld I fly away, and be at rest. 13. Though ye have lien g the pots, yet shall ye be as be wings of a dove covered with ver, and her feathers with yel

Ah, 19. O deliver not the of thy turtledove unto the made of the wicked: forget the congregation of thy poor

Cd 1, 15. Behold, thou art By love; behold, thou art ir thou hast doves' eyes. Ct., 14. 0 my dove, that art the defts of the rock, in the places of the stairs, let me thy countenance, let me hear ce for sweet is thy voice; thy countenance is comely. and v.212. I sleep, but my heart is the voice of my bed that knocketh, saying, Open sister, my love, my defiled: for my head with dew, and my locks the drops of the night. His are the eyes of doves by s of waters, washed with and fitly set.

vi, 9. My dove, my undebut one, she is the only of her mother, she is the e one of her that bare her.

ghters saw her, and ed her gea, the queens and bines, and they praised

la xxxvill, 14.
I did
as a dove: mine eyes fail
kasing upward: O LORD, I
ed; undertake for me.
11. We roar all like
and mourn sore like doves:
ck for Judgment, but there is
for salvation, but it is far off

5 Who are these that

doud, and as the doves to windows?

Jorili, 28. O ye that dwell Hab leave the cities, and il the rock, and be like the Cut maketh her nest in the of the hole's mouth.

Hosea xi, 11. They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.

est in the clefts of the rock, that
they call to Egypt, they go to 1 of thine heart, O thou that dwell-
Assyria.
holdest the height of the hill:
though thou shouldest make thy
nest as high as the eagle, I will
saith the LORD. Behold, he shall
bring thee down from thence,
come up and fly as the eagle, and
spread his wings over Bozrah: and
mighty men of Edom be as the
at that day shall the heart of the
heart of a woman in her pangs.

Nahum ii, 7. And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.

Lam. iv, 19. Our persecutors are
Matth. iii, 16. And Jesus, when swifter than the eagles of the
he was baptized, went up straight-heaven: they pursued us upon the
way out of the water: and, lo, mountains, they laid wait for us
the heavens were opened unto in the wilderness.
him, and he saw the Spirit of God
descending like a dove, and light-
ing upon him.

Matth. xxi, 12. And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves.

Micah i, 16. Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

Matth. xxiv, 28. For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the Luke xvii, 37. And they anand said unto him, eagles be gathered together. them, Wheresoever the body is, Where, Lord? And he said unto together. thither will the eagles be gathered

John 1, 32. And John bare re-
cord, saying, I saw the Spirit de-swered
scending from heaven like a dove,
and it abode upon him.

John ii, 14, 16. And found in the
temple those that sold oxen and
sheep and doves, and the changers
of money sitting: And said unto
not my
them that sold doves, Take these
things hence; make
Father's house an house of mer-

chandise.

EAGLE.

ITS POWERFUL PINIONS, ETC.
Ecod. xix, 4. Ye have seen what
I did unto the Egyptians, and how
I bare you on eagles' wings, and
brought you unto myself.

Deut. xxviii, 49. The LORD shall
bring a nation against thee from
far, from the end of the earth, as
swift as the eagle flieth; a nation
whose tongue thou shalt not un-
derstand.

over

Deut. xxxii, 11. As an eagle
stirreth up her nest, fluttereth
spreadeth
her young,
abroad her wings, taketh them,
beareth them on her wings.

They are passed
Job ix, 26.
away as the swift ships: as the
eagle that hasteth to the prey.

Job xxxix, 27-30. Doth the
eagle mount up at thy command,
and make her nest on high? She
dwelleth and abideth on the rock,
upon the crag of the rock, and the
strong place. From thence she
seeketh the prey, and her eyes
behold afar off. Her young ones

also suck up blood: and where the
slain are, there is she.

Bak vi, 16. But they that e of them shall escape, and Jer. xlviii, 40. For thus saith the be on the mountains like s of the valleys, all of them LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an Burning, every one for his ini-eagle, and shall spread his wings

Es vil, 11. Ephraim also is es silly dove without heart:

over Moab.

Jer. xlix, 16, 22. Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride

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HAWK.

Job xxxix, 26. Doth the hawk her wings toward the south? fly by thy wisdom, and stretch OSTRICH.

Which

Job xxxix, 14-18..
leaveth her eggs in the earth, and
warmeth them in dust, And for-
getteth that the foot may crush
them, or that the wild beast may
She is hardened
break them.

against her young ones, as though
they were not her's: her labour is
in vain without fear; Because
What time she
God hath deprived her of wisdom,
neither hath he imparted to her
understanding.
lifteth up herself on high, she
scorneth the horse and his rider.

OWL.

SYMBOL OF DESOLATION. Job xxx, 29. I am a brother to a companion to dragons, and

owls.

Ps. cli, 6.
of the desert.

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Isaiah xiii, 21. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there.

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Isa. xxxiv, 11, 14, 15. But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven The shall dwell in it. screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest. There shall the great owl and gather make her nest, and lay, and hatch, dow..

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Matth. xxiii, 37. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

Matth. xxvi, 34, 74, 75. Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.

QUAILS.

Exod. xvi, 12, 13. I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying. At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God. And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.

Num. xi, 31, 32. And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. And the people stood

RAVEN.

Gen. viii, 6, 7. And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

Cant. v, 11. His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.

Luke xil, 24. Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls.

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in the snare; so are the sons men snared in an evil time, whe it falleth suddenly upon them. Lam. iii, 52. Mine enemi chased me sore, like a bird, wit out cause.

Hos. vii, 12. When they shall I will spread my net upon the I will bring them down as t fowls of the heaven; I will ch tise them, as their congregati hath heard.

Hos. ix, 8. The watchman Ephraim was with my God: the prophet is a snare of a fow! in all his ways, and hatred in t house of his God.

Amos iii, 5. Can a bird fall in snare upon the earth, where gin is for him? shall one take a snare from the earth, and ba taken nothing at all?

FISHES.

Exod. vii, 18. And the fish! is in the river shall die, and river shall stink; and the Egypt shall loathe to drink of the w of the river.

Num. xi, 22. Shall the flocks the herds be slain for them

house-suffice them? or shall all the of the sea be gathered toge for them, to suffice them?

Prov. xxvi, 2. As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall

not come.

Isa. xxxviii, 14. Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter.

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Matth. x, 31. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Luke xii, 6. Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?

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Neh. xiii, 16. There dwelt of Tyre also therein, w brought fish, and all manne ware, and sold on the sabbath to the children of Judah, an Jerusalem.

Ps. civ, 25. So is this great wide sea, wherein are th creeping innumerable, both s and great beasts.

Isa. 1, 2. Wherefore, we came, was there no man? whe called, was there none to sy Is my hand shortened at all. There it cannot redeem? or have gather-power to deliver? behold, at

Isa. xxxiv, 15. shall the vultures also be ed every one with her mate.

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Prov. vil, 23. Till a dart strike a bird through his liver, as hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

Eccles. ix, 12. For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught |

rebuke I dry up the sea, I the rivers a wilderness: their stinketh, because there is water, and dieth for thirst.

Ezek. xlvii, 9. And it shall to pass, that every thing that eth, which moveth, whithers the rivers shall come, shall and there shall be a very multitude of fish, because

waters shall come thither: they shall be healed; and e thing shall live whither the

cometh.

Jonahi, 17. Now the Lon prepared a great fish to sw up Jonah. And Jonah was belly of the fish three days three nights.

Matth. xiv, 17. And ther unto him, We have here but loaves, and two fishes.

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