Hearing God's Voice in DreamsA–Z symbolsBirds in a dream
Biblical meaning from Hearing God's Voice in Dreams by Apostle Nicholas V. Mbanjwa
Also: Bird
What it means
Being kept, cared for, and provided for by God.
✦ When it is positive
- Being kept, cared for, and provided for by God
⚠ When it is a warning
- Demons and devils — birds of the air devouring the seed (Mark 4:4); consuming what was stored (Genesis 40:17-19)
How to tell the difference
Context and the feeling of the dream determine the meaning — birds in a peaceful, beautiful context = God's provision; birds attacking or consuming = demonic activity.
Scripture
See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?
Matthew 6:26 (WEB)
As he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.
Mark 4:4 (WEB)
17In the uppermost basket there were all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.” 18Joseph answered, “This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days. 19Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you.”
Genesis 40:17-19 (WEB)