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!
Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.
Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.
Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, and wander about for lack of food?
The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season. You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.” And the word of the Lord came to him: “Depart from here and turn eastward and hide yourself 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 that is east of the Jordan.
For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them. Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you. “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
And the king was exceedingly sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he did not want to break his word to her.
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