I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields are mine.
Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?
The birds of the sky nest by the waters; they sing among the branches.
He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.
Come, all you beasts of the field, come and devour, all you beasts of the forest!
Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!