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Swallows (6 Occurrences)
...Swallows (6 Occurrences). ... (See RSV). Proverbs 21:20 There is precious treasure and
oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up. (WEB NAS). ...
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Ossifrage (2 Occurrences)
... "When the other vultures have picked the flesh off any animal, he comes in at the
end of the feast, and swallows the bones, or breaks them, and swallows the ...
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Gulf (3 Occurrences)
... or basin,. 2. (n.) That which swallows; the gullet. 3. (n.) That which
swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy. 4. (n ...
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Swallow (38 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in
form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift. ...
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Swallowing (6 Occurrences)

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Nest (22 Occurrences)
... vultures, hollow trees or the earth; ravens, big trees; doves and pigeons, trees
or rocky crevices (Jeremiah 48:28); hoopoes, hollow trees; swallows, mud nests ...
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Tolerate (8 Occurrences)
... eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those
who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man ...
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Purer (3 Occurrences)
... eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those
who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man ...
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Crane (2 Occurrences)
... they were included in Isaiah's reference to spring migration with the beloved doves,
used in sacrifice and for caged pets, and with the swallows that were held ...
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Cat
... In Baruch 6:22 cats are mentioned with "bats, swallows and birds" as sitting with
impunity on the images of the heathen gods which are unable to drive them off ...
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Bible Concordance

Swallows (6 Occurrences)

Numbers 16:30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the ground open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into the pit, then ye shall understand that these men have despised the LORD.'
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Job 20:15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God shall cast them out of his belly.
(See NAS RSV)

Job 39:24 He swalloweth the ground with storm and rage; neither believeth he that it is the voice of the horn.
(See RSV)

Proverbs 21:20 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.
(WEB NAS)

Isaiah 28:4 And the fading flower of the beauty of his glory That 'is' on the head of the fat valley, Hath been as its first-fruit before summer, That its beholder seeth, While it 'is' yet in his hand he swalloweth it.
(See NAS NIV)

Habakkuk 1:13 You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,
(WEB RSV)

Strong's Hebrew

1104. bala -- to swallow down, swallow up, engulf
... 1), consume (1), destroy (1), destroyed (1), destroying (1), end (1), moment (1),
removed (1), ruin (1), spreads (1), swallow (13), swallowed (18), swallows (4 ...
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Library

Sparrows and Altars
... 'When I think,' said he, 'upon the sparrows and swallows that build their nests
in the kirk of Anwoth, and of my dumb Sabbaths, my sorrowful, bleared eyes look ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/sparrows and altars.htm

How St Francis, Having Been Told by St Clare and the Holy Brother ...
... HOLY BROTHER SILVESTER THAT HE SHOULD PREACH AND CONVERT MANY TO THE FAITH, FOUNDED
THE THIRD ORDER, PREACHED TO THE BIRDS, AND REDUCED TO SILENCE THE SWALLOWS. ...
/.../the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter xvi how st francis.htm

Diamond and his Mother Sat Down Upon the Edge of the Rough Grass ...
... sleeping so deep. and all the swallows. that dip their feathers. in the hollows.
or in the shallows. are the merriest swallows of all. for the nests they bake. ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 13 diamond and his.htm

Of Saint Francis
... Francis set himself to preach, but first he bade the swallows that were twittering
keep silence till such time as he had done the preaching; and the swallows ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/of saint francis.htm

Of an Ecstasy which came to Brother Bernard, and How He Remained ...
... So completely was his mind detached and withdrawn from all things earthly, that
he soared like the swallows above the earth, and remained sometimes twenty ...
/.../the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter xxviii of an ecstasy.htm

For a Case must be Imagined...
... imagined, in order that things may be seen more clearly"if dogs, I say, and asses,
and along with them water-wagtails, if the twittering swallows, and pigs ...
/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/17 lo if dogs .htm

The Christians' Call to the Gypies. --Isa. xviii. 7
... Our fathers came not on the wing,. Like swallows in their annual round,. ... Like flowers
in April, from the ground; Although, like flowers, or swallows led,. ...
/.../montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn ccxlii the christians call.htm

The Wind Blew Loud, but Diamond Slept a Deep Sleep...
... Sometimes he thought it must have been the twittering of the swallows"-over the
shallows, you, know; but it may have been the chirping of the dingy sparrows ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 16 the wind blew.htm

Of Love to God
... "Love is strong as the grave" (Cant. viii.6). The grave swallows up the strongest
bodies: so love swallows up the strongest difficulties. ...
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The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi
... HOLY BROTHER SILVESTER THAT HE SHOULD PREACH AND CONVERT MANY TO THE FAITH, FOUNDED
THE THIRD ORDER, PREACHED TO THE BIRDS, AND REDUCED TO SILENCE THE SWALLOWS. ...
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Subtopics

Swallows

Related Terms

Ossifrage (2 Occurrences)

Gulf (3 Occurrences)

Swallow (38 Occurrences)

Swallowing (6 Occurrences)

Nest (22 Occurrences)

Tolerate (8 Occurrences)

Purer (3 Occurrences)

Crane (2 Occurrences)

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