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What does the Bible say about crows?

Here are several Bible passages that mention crows:

1 Kings 17:1-6:

_"And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”_

_Then the word of the LORD came to him: “Depart from here and turn eastward and hide by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”_

_So he went and did according to the word of the LORD; he went and lived by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan._

_The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook._

Job 38:41:

"Who prepares food for the raven when its young ones cry to God, and wander about for lack of food?"

Proverbs 30:17:

"The eye that mocks his father and scorns to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley will pick it out, and the young eagles will eat it."

Ecclesiastes 12:4:

"Before the silver cord is snapped, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher shattered at the spring, or the wheel broken at the well..."

Luke 12:24:

"Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!"

1 Kings 17:2-6

And the word of the LORD came to him, saying: "Go, and turn to the torrent Carith that is facing the Jordan. There you shall drink of the torrent; I have commanded the ravens to bring you food there."

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks his father, that despises his mother -- the ravens of the valley will peck it, the young eagles will devour it.

Song of Solomon 5:11

His head is as the finest gold; his locks are wavy, black as a raven.

Isaiah 34:11

But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it, and the owl and the raven shall dwell in it. He will stretch the line of confusion over it and the plummet of chaos over its nobles.

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