Bible Animals: Being a Description of Every Living Creature Mentioned in the Scriptures from the Ape to the Coral |
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... unto you , " are evidently in- tended to apply to the bat , which , as is now well known , is not a bird with wings , but a mammal with very long toes , and a well developed membrane between them . Like other mammals , the Bat crawls ...
... unto you , " are evidently in- tended to apply to the bat , which , as is now well known , is not a bird with wings , but a mammal with very long toes , and a well developed membrane between them . Like other mammals , the Bat crawls ...
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... unto me as a bear lying in wait , and as a lion in secret places . " Also , Ps . xvii . 11 , wherein the peculiar gait and demeanour of the Lion is admirably depicted , " They have now compassed us in our steps ; they have set their ...
... unto me as a bear lying in wait , and as a lion in secret places . " Also , Ps . xvii . 11 , wherein the peculiar gait and demeanour of the Lion is admirably depicted , " They have now compassed us in our steps ; they have set their ...
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... unto them as a lion , as a Leopard by the way will I observe them . " The reader will note the peculiar force of this sentence , whereby God signifies that He will destroy them openly , as a lion rushes on its prey , and that he will ...
... unto them as a lion , as a Leopard by the way will I observe them . " The reader will note the peculiar force of this sentence , whereby God signifies that He will destroy them openly , as a lion rushes on its prey , and that he will ...
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... unto dogs " ( Matt . vii . 6. ) In the same book , chapter xv . 26 , Jesus employs the same metaphor when speaking to the Canaanitish woman who had come to ask him to heal her daughter : " It is not meet to take the children's bread and ...
... unto dogs " ( Matt . vii . 6. ) In the same book , chapter xv . 26 , Jesus employs the same metaphor when speaking to the Canaanitish woman who had come to ask him to heal her daughter : " It is not meet to take the children's bread and ...
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... unto me as a lion in the forest ; it crieth out against me : therefore have I hated it . Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird ; the birds round about are against her : come ye , assemble all the beasts of the field , come to ...
... unto me as a lion in the forest ; it crieth out against me : therefore have I hated it . Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird ; the birds round about are against her : come ye , assemble all the beasts of the field , come to ...
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Page 506 - O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Page 26 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Page 576 - Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
Page 282 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Page 250 - He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength : He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted, Neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, The glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Page 423 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not...
Page 351 - He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He led him about, he instructed him, * He kept him as the apple of his eye.
Page 400 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Page 578 - And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord ; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold : only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
Page 640 - Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.