A few symbols in the wide range of biblical imagery excite strength, freedom, and heavenly guidance more than the majestic eagle. Examining the Bible’s use of eagles as symbols reveals a story of faith in God, resurgence of power, and the inspiring need to overcome obstacles in life. Come along with us as we set out to discover the eternal truths contained in an eagle’s wings, as well as the lofty heights of faith.
Soar Like An Eagle Bible Verse
The eagle, which is revered for its remarkable ability to soar to tremendous heights with steady elegance and precision, appears frequently throughout Scripture as a profound metaphor. Its flight carries a deep message of faith, resiliency, and spiritual ascent.
1. Isaiah 40:31
“But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
2. Psalm 91:4
“He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.”
3. Exodus 19:4
“‘You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.”
4. Deuteronomy 32:11
“Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions.”
5. Proverbs 30:19
“The way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a virgin.”
6. Revelation 4:7
“And the first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.”
7. Job 39:27-29
“Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes his nest on high? On the rock he dwells and makes his home, on the rocky crag and stronghold. From there he spies out the prey; his eyes behold it from far away.”
8. Jeremiah 49:22
“Behold, like an eagle swooping down, I will spread my wings over Moab.”
9. Lamentations 4:19
“Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles in the heavens; they chased us on the mountains; they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.”
10. Hosea 8:1
“Set the trumpet to your lips! One like a vulture is over the house of the Lord because they have transgressed my covenant and rebelled against my law.”
Divine Guidance
11. Deuteronomy 32:11-12
“Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions, the Lord alone guided him, no foreign god was with him.”
12. Psalm 103:5
“Who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”
13. Isaiah 46:4
“Even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.”
14. Psalm 139:9-10
“If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.”
15. Isaiah 40:29-31
“He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
16. Proverbs 23:5
“When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.”
17. Revelation 12:14
“But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.”
18. Job 9:25-26
“Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they see no good. They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey.”
19. Proverbs 30:17
“The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.”
20. Isaiah 40:26
“Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name; by the greatness of his might and because he is strong in power, not one is missing.”
Ascending on Faith
21. Deuteronomy 28:1-2
“And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God.”
22. Psalm 103:20-22
“Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word! Bless the Lord, all his hosts, his ministers, who do his will! Bless the Lord, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the Lord, O my soul!”
23. Isaiah 40:30-31
“Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
24. 1 Samuel 17:45-47
“Then David said to the Philistine, ‘You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head.
And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, and that all this assembly may know that the Lord saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hand.'”
25. Jeremiah 17:7-8
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.”
26. Psalm 40:4
“Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!”
27. Matthew 6:26
“Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?”
28. Psalm 125:1-2
“Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, from this time forth and forevermore.”
29. Isaiah 40:28-31
“Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
30. Psalm 37:4-6
“Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.”
Rising Above
31. Exodus 19:4
“You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.”
32. Revelation 4:7
“The first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight.”
33. Deuteronomy 32:10-11
“He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions.”
34. Job 39:27-29
“Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes his nest on high? On the rock he dwells and makes his home, on the rocky crag and stronghold. From there he spies out the prey; his eyes behold it from far away.”
35. Isaiah 40:31
“But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
36. Jeremiah 48:40
“For thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, one shall fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab.'”
37. Proverbs 23:5
“When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.”
38. Isaiah 46:4
“Even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.”
39. Proverbs 30:19
“The way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a virgin.”
40. Lamentations 4:19
“Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles in the heavens; they chased us on the mountains; they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.”
Flight of Faith
41. Exodus 19:4
“You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.”
42. Deuteronomy 32:11
“Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions.”
43. Psalm 103:5
“Who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”
44. Isaiah 40:31
“But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
45. Jeremiah 48:40
“For thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, one shall fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab.'”
46. Proverbs 30:19
“The way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a virgin.”
47. Job 39:27-29
“Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes his nest on high? On the rock he dwells and makes his home, on the rocky crag and stronghold. From there he spies out the prey; his eyes behold it from far away.”
48. Isaiah 46:4
“Even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.”
49. Revelation 12:14
“But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.”
50. Psalm 55:6-8
“And I say, ‘Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest; yes, I would wander far away; I would lodge in the wilderness; I would hurry to find a shelter from the raging wind and tempest.'”
51. Isaiah 40:29-31
“He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted, but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
52. Proverbs 23:5
“When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.”
53. Revelation 4:7
“The first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight.”
54. Psalm 139:9-10
“If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.”
55. Deuteronomy 32:10-11
“He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions.”
56. Psalm 103:5
“Who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”
57. Isaiah 46:4
“Even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.”
58. Deuteronomy 28:1-2
“And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God.”
59. Isaiah 40:28-31
“Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
60. Isaiah 40:30
“Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
Conclusion
We see a reflection of our own spiritual path in the eagle’s flight, one that is characterized by ascents, soaring triumphs, and formidable trials. Nevertheless, the message is still the same throughout: have faith in God, wait on Him, and find refreshment in His unwavering power. May we be reminded of the endless possibilities that await people who put their trust in God as we look upon the wings of eagles soaring against the backdrop of the heavens.
With steadfast trust, let us thus go to the skies, understanding that each beat of our wings brings us closer to the pinnacles of spiritual fulfillment and divine purpose. Take flight like an eagle, for when it comes to faith, the sky is only the beginning of an incredible journey with the Divine.