Lamentations 4:18 says 'they hunted our steps' — the same hunting imagery within the same book, reinforcing the theme.

1 Samuel 25:29 uses the image of being pursued by enemies — directly parallels the 'hunted like a bird' metaphor here.

1 Samuel 26:20 uses the same bird-hunting metaphor ('hunts a partridge') — a striking verbal parallel to being hunted like a bird.

Psalm 35:7 echoes 'without cause' and the image of being trapped — the same unjust persecution described here.

Psalm 35:19 speaks of enemies 'without cause' — a direct verbal parallel to the unjust hostility in this verse.

Psalm 69:4 mentions being hated 'without cause' — the same theme of unjust persecution as here.

Psalm 109:3 also describes enemies attacking 'without cause' — the same unjust persecution the poet laments.

Psalm 119:161 speaks of princes persecuting 'without cause' — mirroring the unjust hunting in Lamentations.

Jeremiah 37:15 records Jeremiah being beaten and imprisoned — the specific persecution he laments as being hunted without cause.

Jeremiah 37:16 describes the dungeon imprisonment — the very situation behind the 'hunted like a bird' complaint here.

Jeremiah 37:18 shows Jeremiah asking what crime he committed — an example of unjust persecution like the poet's.

Jeremiah 38:4-6 shows officials plotting against Jeremiah and throwing him into a cistern — another instance of being hunted without cause.

John 15:25 quotes the principle of being hated 'without reason' — Jesus connects this OT theme to his own persecution.

Jeremiah 38:6 describes Jeremiah thrown into a cistern — another prophet unjustly persecuted, echoing the hunted bird.

1 Samuel 24:10-15 depicts David being hunted by Saul without cause — a parallel theme of innocent persecution.