Non person images of God
| Bird / hen | |
| Ruth 2:12 | May the Lord reward you for your deeds, and may you have a full reward from the Lord, the god of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge! |
| Deut 32:11-12 | As an eagle stirs up its nest, and hovers over its young; as it spreads its wins, takes them up, and bears them aloft on its pinions. |
| Isa 31:5 | Like birds hovering overhead, so the Lord of hosts
will protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver it, he will spare and rescue it. |
| Ps 17:8 | Guard me as the apple of the eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings |
| Ps 36:7 | How precious is your steadfast love, O God! All people make take refuge in the shadow of your wings. |
| Ps 57:1 | Be merciful to me, Oh God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge, until the destroying storms pass by. |
| Mat 23:37 & Lk 13:34 |
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her winds, and you were not willing! |
| Fire | |
| Deut 4:24 | For the Lord your god is a devouring fire, a jealous God. |
| Hebrews 12:29 | For indeed our God is a consuming fire. |
| Light | |
| 1 John 1:5 | This is the message have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light |
Rock |
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| Ps 18:31 | And who is a rock besides our God? |
| Sam 22:32 | And who is a rock, except our God? |
| Isa 42:14 | For a long time I have held my peace, I have kept still
and restrained myself; now I will cry out like a woman in labor, I will gasp and pant. |
| Ps 31:2 | Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily. Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me. |