The Eagle
25 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
22 sections
- (Hasting to the Prey) of the Swiftness of Man's Days
- (Height and Security of Its Dwelling) of the Fancied But
- (Increase Baldness of, in the Moulting Season) of
- (Mode of Teaching Her Young to Fly) of God's Care of His
- (Renewed Strength and Beauty of) the Renewal of Saints
- (Swiftness of) the Melting Away of Riches
- (Swiftness of) the Swiftness of Hostile Armies
- (Upward Flight of) the Saint's Rapid Progress Toward
- (Wings of) Protection Afforded to the Church
- A Bird of Prey
- Called the Eagle of the Heavens
- Delights in the Lofty Cedars
- Different Kinds of
- Dwells in the High Rocks
- Feeds Her Young with Blood
- Greatness of Its Wings Alluded To
- Long-Sighted
- Peculiarity of Its Flight Alluded To
- Soaring to Heaven
- Strength of Its Feathers Alluded To
- Swift
- Unclean
(Hasting to the Prey) of the Swiftness of Man's Days
- Job 9:26 They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
(Height and Security of Its Dwelling) of the Fancied But
- Jeremiah 49:16 The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” …
- Obadiah 4 Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
(Increase Baldness of, in the Moulting Season) of
- Micah 1:16 Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.
(Mode of Teaching Her Young to Fly) of God's Care of His
- Exodus 19:4 ‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.
- Deuteronomy 32:11 As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.
(Renewed Strength and Beauty of) the Renewal of Saints
- Psalm 103:5 who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
(Swiftness of) the Melting Away of Riches
- Proverbs 23:5 When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
(Swiftness of) the Swiftness of Hostile Armies
- Deuteronomy 28:49 The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle — a nation whose language you will not understand,
- Jeremiah 4:13 Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!
- Jeremiah 48:40 For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.
- Lamentations 4:19 Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
(Upward Flight of) the Saint's Rapid Progress Toward
- Isaiah 40:31 But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
(Wings of) Protection Afforded to the Church
- Revelation 12:14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
A Bird of Prey
- Job 9:26 They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
- Matthew 24:28 Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.
Called the Eagle of the Heavens
- Lamentations 4:19 Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
Delights in the Lofty Cedars
- Ezekiel 17:3–4 and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar. …
Different Kinds of
- Leviticus 11:13 Additionally, you are to detest the following birds, and they must not be eaten because they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
- Leviticus 11:18 the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,
- Ezekiel 17:3 and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.
Dwells in the High Rocks
- Job 39:27–28 Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high? …
Feeds Her Young with Blood
- Job 39:29–30 From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar. …
Greatness of Its Wings Alluded To
- Ezekiel 17:3 and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.
- Ezekiel 17:7 But there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. And behold, this vine bent its roots toward him. It stretched out its branches to him from its planting bed, so that he might water it.
Long-Sighted
- Job 39:29 From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.
Peculiarity of Its Flight Alluded To
- Proverbs 30:19 the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship at sea, and the way of a man with a maiden.
Soaring to Heaven
- Proverbs 23:5 When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Strength of Its Feathers Alluded To
- Daniel 4:33 At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mankind. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and …
Swift
- 2 Samuel 1:23 Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.
Unclean
- Leviticus 11:13 Additionally, you are to detest the following birds, and they must not be eaten because they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
- Deuteronomy 14:12 but these you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
Related topics
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.