Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
Jeremiah 6:16

When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Proverbs 3:24

Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

Isaiah 6:11

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Matthew 16:18

Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

Psalms 144:4

The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

Isaiah 60:13

Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
Psalms 96:12

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

Psalms 27:5

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

Genesis 8:22

Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:

Psalms 65:6

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
Isaiah 40:4

Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;  Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
Psalms 46:2,3

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Psalms 90:2

The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
Psalms 50:1

And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

Revelation 16:19

The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

Song of Solomon 2:12

These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

Jude 1:12

And be not conformed to this world . . . .

Romans 12:2

And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

Genesis 22:8

Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.

Psalms 71:3

Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:

Ecclesiastes 11:7

What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

Psalms 56:3

He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Matthew 6:30

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

Isaiah 11:6

And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

2 Kings 2:24

For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

1 Kings 10:22

Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

Job 39:13

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

Proverbs 25:25

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America

And to the Republic for which it stands

One nation, under God, indivisible

With liberty and justice for all

Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

John 4:35

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.

Isaiah 40:7

I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

Psalms 81:10

But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

2 Peter 2:22

In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

Isaiah 2:20

"Once like a bird in prison I dwelt"

And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Matthew 19:24

Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

Job 39:13

Little Blue Heron

Common Moorhen with chicks

"Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son,

And praise the Spirit, Three in One!

O praise him, O praise him!

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!"

(All Creatures Of Our God And King, Francis of Assisi, c.1225)

White Ibis

Immature Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron

"Let all things their Creator bless, And worship him in humbleness,

O praise Him! Alleluia!"

Black-Bellied Whistling Duck

Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron

"Thou burning sun with golden beam, Thou silver moon with softer gleam!

O praise Him, O praise Him!

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!"

Immature Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron

Great Blue Heron

"All Creatures of our God and King, Lift up your voice and with us sing

Alleluia! Alleluia!"

Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks

Immature Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron

Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron

"This is my Father's world, The battle is not done;

Jesus who died shall be satisfied, And earth and heaven be one."

(This Is My Father's World, Maltbie D. Babcock, 1901)

Great Egret

Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron

"This is my Father's world, O let me ne'er forget

That though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the Ruler yet."

Immature White Ibis

Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron

Glossy Ibis

Great Egret & Glossy Ibis

"This is my Father's world, He shines in all that's fair;

In the rustling grass I hear him pass, He speaks to me everywhere."

Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron

Black-Crowned Night-Heron in flight

Common Moorhen

"This is my Father's world, The birds their carols raise;

The morning light, the lily white Declare their Maker's praise."

Black-Crowned Night-Heron

Great Egret

White Ibis

Great Blue Heron

"This is my Father's world, I rest me in the thought Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas; his hand the wonders wrought."

Immature Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron

Pied Billed Grebe

Black-Bellied Whistiling Ducks

Little Blue Heron

"This is my Father's world, and to my list'ning ears,

All nature sings, and round me rings The music of the spheres."

For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

1 Peter 2:21

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Matthew 5:45

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Psalm 16:11

For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

Isaiah 53:2

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

James 1:17

For who hath despised the day of small things?

Zechariah 4:10

To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalms 136:4

Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?

1 Corinthians 11:14

And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

Luke 9:58

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

Pslams 36:7

And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, . . . .

Leviticus 11:18

They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

Psalms 118:12

Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

Ecclesiasties 4:11

For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

Isaiah 61:11

And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, . . . .

Leviticus 11:16

And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

Mark 4:4

Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.

Job 37:9

Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, . . Job 38:22

Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

Psalms 89:9

Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Ephesians 6:13

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, . . . .

Psalms 104:14

Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

Isaiah 46:11

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: . . . .

Proverbs 11:29

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

Psalms 124:7

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; . . . .

Romans 12:10

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: . . . .

Psalms 96:12

The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.

Proverbs 30:28

. . . . and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:21

With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.

Job 36:32

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

John 3:8

God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

Psalms 48:3

Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?

Job 39:26

That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.

Isaiah 45:6

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Psalms 119:105

The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalms 136:9

My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

Proverbs 5:1

Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.

Psalms 96:3

He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

Proverbs 29:1

Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.

Psalms 27:11

The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

Psalms 90:10

"When darkness seems to hide his face,
I rest on his unchanging grace"
(The Solid Rock by Edward Mote, 1832)

But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

John 4:14

And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

Mark 4:19

That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; . . . .

Psalms 144:12

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; . . . .

Exodus 23:2

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

Psalms 133:1

And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

Matthew 18:9

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

Psalms 73:18

I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

Psalms 50:11

Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

Psalms 124:6

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

Galatians 5:15