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24 Look at the ravens. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for God feeds them. And you are far more valuable to him than any birds!

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24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them.(A) And how much more valuable you are than birds!

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31 So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.

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31 So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.(A)

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He gives food to the wild animals
    and feeds the young ravens when they cry.

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He provides food(A) for the cattle
    and for the young ravens(B) when they call.

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And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.

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Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered.(A) Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.(B)

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41 Who provides food for the ravens
    when their young cry out to God
    and wander about in hunger?

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41 Who provides food(A) for the raven(B)
    when its young cry out to God
    and wander about for lack of food?(C)

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15 The eyes of all look to you in hope;
    you give them their food as they need it.
16 When you open your hand,
    you satisfy the hunger and thirst of every living thing.

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15 The eyes of all look to you,
    and you give them their food(A) at the proper time.
16 You open your hand
    and satisfy the desires(B) of every living thing.

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11 Where is the one who makes us smarter than the animals
    and wiser than the birds of the sky?’

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11 who teaches(A) us(B) more than he teaches[a] the beasts of the earth
    and makes us wiser than[b] the birds in the sky?’

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Footnotes

  1. Job 35:11 Or night, / 11 who teaches us by
  2. Job 35:11 Or us wise by

Elijah Fed by Ravens

17 Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, “As surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives—the God I serve—there will be no dew or rain during the next few years until I give the word!”

Then the Lord said to Elijah, “Go to the east and hide by Kerith Brook, near where it enters the Jordan River. Drink from the brook and eat what the ravens bring you, for I have commanded them to bring you food.”

So Elijah did as the Lord told him and camped beside Kerith Brook, east of the Jordan. The ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he drank from the brook.

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Elijah Announces a Great Drought

17 Now Elijah(A) the Tishbite, from Tishbe[a] in Gilead,(B) said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain(C) in the next few years except at my word.”

Elijah Fed by Ravens

Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: “Leave here, turn eastward and hide(D) in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens(E) to supply you with food there.”

So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning(F) and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 17:1 Or Tishbite, of the settlers

30 These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers all over the world, but your Father already knows your needs. 31 Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and he will give you everything you need.

32 “So don’t be afraid, little flock. For it gives your Father great happiness to give you the Kingdom.

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30 For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father(A) knows that you need them.(B) 31 But seek his kingdom,(C) and these things will be given to you as well.(D)

32 “Do not be afraid,(E) little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.(F)

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26 Then the king deeply regretted what he had said; but because of the vows he had made in front of his guests, he couldn’t refuse her.

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26 The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her.

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