19 As a bird which you have released out of your hand, so you have let your neighbor go, and you will not catch him again. (WEB)
Sirach 27:19
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Proverbs 26:1–3
1 Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool. 2 Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest. 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
Proverbs 27:7–9
7 The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet. 8 Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home. 9 Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.
Sirach 22:19–21
19 He who pricks the eye will make tears fall. He who pricks the heart makes it show feeling. (WEB) 20 Whoever casts a stone at birds scares them away. He who insults a friend will dissolve friendship. (WEB) 21 If you have drawn a sword against a friend, don’t despair, for there ma… (WEB)
Deuteronomy 15:12–14
12 If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free. 13 And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed. 14 You are to furnish him liberally from your flock, your threshing floor, a…
Proverbs 6:4–6
4 Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids. 5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler. 6 Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
Psalms 124:6–8
6 Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth. 7 We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away. 8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
Job 20:7–9
7 he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’ 8 He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night. 9 The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no long…
Psalms 74:18–20
18 Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name. 19 Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever. 20 Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of…
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