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Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?
— Job 39:27
But if Abram bore his continual wanderings patiently, our   fastidiousness is utterly inexcusable, when we murmur against God, if   he does not grant us a quiet nest.
— John Calvin
I will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel so that it will bear branches; it will yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.
— Ezekiel 17:23
Build your nest in no tree here...for the Lord of the forest has condemned the whole woods to be demolished.
— Samuel Rutherford
Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
— Isaiah 16:2
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,” declares the LORD.
— Jeremiah 49:16
What sorrow awaits you who build big houses with money gained dishonestly! You believe your wealth will buy security, putting your family's nest beyond the reach of danger. HABAKKUK 2:9
— Beth Moore
Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
— Obadiah 1:4
Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
— Proverbs 27:8
[Of Pembroke College:] Sir, we are a nest of singing birds.
— Samuel Johnson
Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.
— Psalm 84:3
There the owl will make her nest; she will lay and hatch her eggs and gather her brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, each with its mate.
— Isaiah 34:15