Deuteronomy 22:6

New International Reader's Version

Suppose you happen to find a bird’s nest beside the road. It might be in a tree or on the ground. And suppose the mother bird is sitting on her little birds or on the eggs. Then don’t take the mother along with the little ones.

Cross References

Genesis 32:11

Please save me from the hand of my brother Esau. I’m afraid he’ll come and attack me and the mothers with their children.

Genesis 8:17

Bring out every kind of living thing that is with you. Bring the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground. Then they can multiply on the earth. They can have little ones and the number of them can increase.”

Proverbs 12:10

Those who do what is right take good care of their animals. But the kindest acts of those who do wrong are mean.

Hosea 10:14

But the roar of battle will come against you. All your forts will be completely destroyed. It will happen just as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel in a battle. Mothers and their children were smashed on the ground.

Leviticus 22:28

Do not kill a cow and its calf on the same day. Do not kill a female sheep and its lamb on the same day.

Luke 12:6

Aren’t five sparrows sold for two pennies? But God does not forget even one of them.

Deuteronomy 22:5

A woman must not wear men’s clothes. And a man must not wear women’s clothes. The Lord your God hates it when anyone does this.