Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Consider the ravens, for they sow not, neither do they reap, neither have they storehouse nor barn, and God feedeth them. How much are you more valuable than they? the ravens. 1 Kings 17:1-6 And Elias the Thesbite, of the inhabitants of Galaad, said to Achab: As the Lord liveth, the God of Israel, in whose sight I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to the words of my mouth. . . . Job 38:41 Who provideth food for the raven, when her young ones cry to God, wandering about, because they have no meat? Psalm 145:15,16 The eyes of all hope in thee, O Lord: and thou givest them meat in due season. . . . Psalm 147:9 Who giveth to beasts their food: and to the young ravens that call upon him. Mark 6:26 And the king was struck sad. Yet because of his oath, and because of them that were with him at table, he would not displease her: how. Luke 12:7,30-32 Yea, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows. . . . Job 35:11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air. Matthew 10:31 Fear not therefore: better are you than many sparrows. Context Do Not Worry…23The life is more than the meat: and the body is more than the raiment. 24Consider the ravens, for they sow not, neither do they reap, neither have they storehouse nor barn, and God feedeth them. How much are you more valuable than they? 25And which of you by taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?… Cross References Job 38:41 Who provideth food for the raven, when her young ones cry to God, wandering about, because they have no meat? Matthew 3:12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor and gather his wheat into the barn; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire. Matthew 6:26 Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns: and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not you of much more value than they? Luke 12:18 And he said: This will I do: I will pull down my barns and will build greater: and into them will I gather all things that are grown to me and my goods. Luke 12:23 The life is more than the meat: and the body is more than the raiment. Lexicon Considerκατανοήσατε (katanoēsate) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's Greek 2657: To take note of, perceive, consider carefully, discern, detect, make account of. From kata and noieo; to observe fully. the τοὺς (tous) Article - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. ravens: κόρακας (korakas) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 2876: A raven, crow. Perhaps from korennumi; a crow. They do not sow σπείρουσιν (speirousin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's Greek 4687: To sow, spread, scatter. Probably strengthened from spao; to scatter, i.e. Sow. [or] οὐδὲ (oude) Conjunction Strong's Greek 3761: Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even. reap; θερίζουσιν (therizousin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's Greek 2325: To reap, gather, harvest. From theros; to harvest. they οἷς (hois) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that. have ἔστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. no οὐκ (ouk) Adverb Strong's Greek 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. storehouse ταμεῖον (tameion) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's Greek 5009: A store-chamber, secret chamber, closet; a granary, barn. [or] οὐδὲ (oude) Conjunction Strong's Greek 3761: Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even. barn, ἀποθήκη (apothēkē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's Greek 596: A repository, granary, barn, storehouse. From apotithemi; a repository, i.e. Granary. yet καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely. God Θεὸς (Theos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. feeds τρέφει (trephei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 5142: A primary verb; properly, to stiffen, i.e. Fatten (with food, etc.), pamper, rear). them. αὐτούς (autous) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. How much πόσῳ (posō) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Dative Neuter Singular Strong's Greek 4214: How much, how great, how many. From an absolute pos and hos; interrogative pronoun how much (plural) many). more μᾶλλον (mallon) Adverb Strong's Greek 3123: More, rather. Neuter of the comparative of the same as malista; more) or rather. valuable are you διαφέρετε (diapherete) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's Greek 1308: From dia and phero; to bear through, i.e. transport; usually to bear apart, i.e. to toss about; subjectively, to 'differ', or surpass. than the τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Neuter Plural Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. birds! πετεινῶν (peteinōn) Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural Strong's Greek 4071: A bird, fowl. Neuter of a derivative of petomai; a flying animal, i.e. Bird. Additional Translations Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap; they have no storehouse or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds! Consider the ravens, that they do not sow, nor reap; to them there is not a storehouse, nor barn--and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds! Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them: how much more are you better than the fowls? Consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and God feedeth them: of how much more value are ye than the birds! Consider the ravens, that they sow not nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor granary; and God feeds them. How much better are ye than the birds? Consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and God feedeth them: of how much more value are ye than the birds! Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap: which neither have store-house, nor barn; and God feedeth them: How much more are ye better than the fowls? Observe the ravens. They neither sow nor reap, and have neither store-chamber nor barn. And yet God feeds them. How far more precious are you than the birds! Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds! 'Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls? 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