Topic
Raven, The
10 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 8:7Torrey Sent by Noah from the ark
And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
- Leviticus 11:15Torrey Unclean and not to be eaten
Every raven after his kind;
- Deuteronomy 14:14Torrey Unclean and not to be eaten
And every raven after his kind,
- 1 Kings 17:4–6Torrey Elijah fed by
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. And the ravens brought him…
- Job 38:41Torrey God provides food for
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
- Psalms 147:9Torrey God provides food for
He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
- Proverbs 30:17Torrey Called the raven of the valley
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
- Song of Songs 5:11Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Black
His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
- Isaiah 34:11Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Solitary in disposition
¶ But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
- Luke 12:24Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Improvident
Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 13 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.