Psalm 104:12 also describes birds nesting in branches, directly paralleling the nesting birds in verse 17 within the same psalm.

Ezekiel 31:6 uses the same image of birds nesting in a great tree's boughs, here symbolizing Assyria's grandeur.

Daniel 4:21 repeats the motif of birds nesting in a tree's branches, representing Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom.

Matthew 13:32 echoes the same picture: birds nesting in a tree's branches, here illustrating the mustard seed's growth.

Matthew 8:20 notes that birds have nests, but Jesus has none—using the same fact to highlight his homelessness.

Jeremiah 8:7 also mentions the stork, but focuses on its migratory instinct as a contrast to Israel's ignorance.

Jeremiah 22:23 uses the image of nesting in cedars as a metaphor for complacency, echoing the bird nesting imagery here.