Raven

And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.   Genesis 8:7 

Benjamin shall raven as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.   Genesis 49:27 

Every raven after his kind;
And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind,
And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.   Leviticus 11:15-19 

And every raven after his kind,
And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind,
The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.   Deuteronomy 14:14-18 

And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.   1 Kings 17:4-6 

Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.   Job 38:41 

They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.   Psalm 22:13 

He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.   Psalm 147:9 

The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.   Proverbs 30:17 

His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.   Song of Solomon 5:11 

But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.   Isaiah 34:11 

No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.   Isaiah 35:9, 10 

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.   Isaiah 46:11 

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.   Ezekiel 22:25-27 

Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.   Ezekiel 39:4 

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.   Matthew 7:15 

And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.   Luke 11:39 

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?   Luke 12:24 

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