What Does The Bible Say About Ravens?

List of Bible verses about ravens. God feeds ravens, a raven was sent out by Noah after the flood, we are not to eat ravens, and God commands the ravens.

Bible Verses about Ravens

Raven photo by Casey Horner on Unsplash.com

Biblical history and folk lore is steeped in verses and tales about ravens. The dark colored Ravens tend to fly in huge flocks that are so massive they can appear to darken the sky, Due to their sometimes ominous presence we felt it important to see what the Holy Bible says about ravens.
Bible verses about ravens
Every raven of any kind;..Deuteronomy 14:14 ESV
God feeds the ravens
Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, and wander about for lack of food? Job. 38:41 ESV
He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry. Psa. 147:9 ESV. 
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! Luke 12:24 ESV
A raven was sent out during the flood by Noah
And sent forth a raven. It went to and fro until the waters were dried up from the earth. Genesis 8:7 ESV 
We are not supposed to eat ravens
You shall regard them as detestable; you shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses. Everything in the waters that has not fins and scales is detestable to you. “And these you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten; they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, the kite, the falcon of any kind, every raven of any kind, Lev. 11:15
God commands the ravens
You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” I Kings 17:4

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Memory Verse

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! Luke 12:24 ESV

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Making new friends photo by Casey Horner (@mischievous_penguins) on Unsplash. (2018). Unsplash.com. Retrieved 28 December 2018, from https://unsplash.com/photos/qAe1B88uonI