Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them:  thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.  And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.

In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment:  and with all lost things of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise:  thou mayest not hide thyself.

Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them:  thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.—­Deut. xxii. 1-4.

Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he DELIGHTETH in mercy.  He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities:  and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.—­Mic. vii. 18, 19.

Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?  Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?—­Job xxxix. 26, 27.

  Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 
  Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
  Provideth her meat in summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 
  —­Prov. vi. 6-8.

And the Lord sent Nathan unto David.  And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city:  the one was rich, and the other poor.

The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:  But the poor man had nothing save one little ewe-lamb, which he had bought and nourished up:  and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock, and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come to him; but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die.  And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.—­2 Sam. xii. 1-6.

Praise ye the Lord from the heavens:  praise him in the heights.  Praise ye him, all his angels:  praise ye him, all his hosts.

Beasts and all cattle:  creeping things, and flying fowl.—­Psa. cxlviii. 1, 2, 10.

Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.—­Psa. lxxxiv. 3.