Rooster

A male domestic chicken known for its early morning crowing, often mentioned in the Bible.

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Chicken, rooster, hen

About Rooster

Adult male of the domestic fowl. See Birds (Fowl, Domestic).

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Proverbs 30:31

a strutting rooster; a he-goat; and a king with his army around him.

Matthew 26:34

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus declared, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”

Luke 13:34

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

All Scripture References (26)

Job (1)
Job 38:36

Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?

Proverbs (1)
Proverbs 30:31

a strutting rooster; a he-goat; and a king with his army around him.

Matthew (5)
Matthew 13:4

And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

Matthew 23:37

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

Matthew 26:34

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus declared, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”

Matthew 26:74

At that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.

Matthew 26:75

Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.

Mark (5)
Mark 4:4

And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

Mark 14:30

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”

Mark 14:68

But he denied it. “I do not know or even understand what you are talking about,” he said. Then he went out to the gateway, and the rooster crowed.

Mark 14:72

And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he broke down and wept.

Mark 16:18

they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”

Luke (6)
Luke 2:24

and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”

Luke 12:24

Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!

Luke 13:34

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

Luke 22:34

But Jesus replied, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”

Luke 22:60

“Man, I do not know what you are talking about,” Peter replied. And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.

Luke 22:61

And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word that the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”

John (2)
John 13:38

“Will you lay down your life for Me?” Jesus replied. “Truly, truly, I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.

John 18:27

Peter denied it once more, and immediately a rooster crowed.

Romans (1)
Romans 1:23

and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

1 Corinthians (1)
1 Corinthians 15:39

Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.

James (1)
James 3:7

All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,

Revelation (3)
Revelation 18:2

And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.

Revelation 19:17

Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,

Revelation 19:21

And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.