Roost
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) Roast.

2. (v. t.) See Roust.

3. (n.) The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch.

4. (n.) A collection of fowls roosting together.

5. (v. i.) To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch.

6. (v. i.) Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.

Library

Of the Infirmity of the Flesh, and Similar Pleas.
... trumps up the "necessity" for marrying,"promising itself, forsooth, heavenly things
in return"to lord it, (namely,) in another's family; to roost [380] on ...
/.../tertullian/to his wife/chapter iv of the infirmity of.htm

David Appointing Solomon
... Thus, as ever, his evil deeds came home to roost, and the poisonous seed which he
had sown grew up and waved, a bitter harvest, which he had to reap. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/david appointing solomon.htm

The Card Parties
... At the close of such gatherings, a chicken-roast was generally in order, and the
fowl used was usually taken from some hen-roost not far distant. ...
/.../byrum/how john became a man/chapter v the card parties.htm

When Appius Told his Mother and his Sister what Augustus had Said ...
... "Know you the Isle of Doom?" said he. "Ay, 'tis a lonely heap of rocks.". "A roost
of sea-birds," said the prince of Judea. "Know you who am I?". ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bacheller/vergilius/chapter 19 when appius told.htm

The Twofold Wrestle --God's with Jacob and Jacob's with God
... the morrow? Was He not trying to teach him how crime always comes home
to roost, with a brood of pains running behind it? Was not ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the twofold wrestlegods with jacob.htm

"Am Ia Sea, or a Whale?"
... make merry all the day, for "they count it one of the wisest things to drive dull
care away"; but dull care, like the chickens, comes home to roost at night. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 37 1891/am i a sea or.htm

The Naturalness of Prayer
... things in the world. It is the effectuation of all Nature, which comes home
to roost there, and settles to its rest. It is the last ...
/.../forsyth/the soul of prayer/chapter ii the naturalness of.htm

The Great Assize
... it will be for the malicious man to have for ever to gnaw his own envious heart,
to find his malice come home to him, as birds come home to roost, to hoot for ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 18 1872/the great assize.htm

The Wandering Bird
... You have wandered from your nest. And do you mean to wander on? Is yours
to be forever the flight of a bird that hath no roost? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/sermons on proverbs/the wandering bird.htm

The Conversion of Saul of Tarsus
... so much as John. He is a ringleader in all vice. If there is a hen roost
to be robbed, Jack's your man. If there is any iniquity ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/the conversion of saul of.htm

Thesaurus
Roost (4 Occurrences)
... to perch. 6. (vi) Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep. Multi-Version Concordance
Roost (4 Occurrences). Matthew 13:32 which is less ...
/r/roost.htm - 8k

Perch (2 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to
roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or ...
/p/perch.htm - 8k

Rooster (13 Occurrences)

/r/rooster.htm - 10k

Grows (46 Occurrences)
... Luke 13:19 It is like a mustard seed which a man drops into the soil in his garden,
and it grows and becomes a tree in whose branches the birds roost." (WEY). ...
/g/grows.htm - 19k

Roomy (2 Occurrences)

/r/roomy.htm - 7k

Drops (27 Occurrences)
... Luke 13:19 It is like a mustard seed which a man drops into the soil in his garden,
and it grows and becomes a tree in whose branches the birds roost." (WEY). ...
/d/drops.htm - 14k

Mounts (11 Occurrences)
... Mark 4:32 and when it has been sown, mounts up and becomes greater than all herbs,
and produces great branches, so that the birds of heaven can roost under its ...
/m/mounts.htm - 9k

Produces (27 Occurrences)
... Mark 4:32 and when it has been sown, mounts up and becomes greater than all herbs,
and produces great branches, so that the birds of heaven can roost under its ...
/p/produces.htm - 13k

Becomes (138 Occurrences)
... Luke 13:19 It is like a mustard seed which a man drops into the soil in his garden,
and it grows and becomes a tree in whose branches the birds roost." (WEY). ...
/b/becomes.htm - 34k

Soil (59 Occurrences)
... Luke 13:19 It is like a mustard seed which a man drops into the soil in his garden,
and it grows and becomes a tree in whose branches the birds roost." (WEY). ...
/s/soil.htm - 23k

Resources
Should there be hierarchy in the family? | GotQuestions.org

What is the significance of Assyria in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Roost: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Roost (4 Occurrences)

Matthew 13:32
which is less indeed than all seeds, but when it is grown is greater than herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and roost in its branches.
(DBY)

Mark 4:32
and when it has been sown, mounts up and becomes greater than all herbs, and produces great branches, so that the birds of heaven can roost under its shadow.
(DBY)

Luke 13:19
It is like a mustard seed which a man drops into the soil in his garden, and it grows and becomes a tree in whose branches the birds roost."
(WEY)

Zephaniah 2:14
Herds will lie down in the midst of her, all the animals of the nations. Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge in its capitals. Their calls will echo through the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds, for he has laid bare the cedar beams.
(See NIV)

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Roost

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Perch (2 Occurrences)

Rooster (13 Occurrences)

Grows (46 Occurrences)

Roomy (2 Occurrences)

Drops (27 Occurrences)

Mounts (11 Occurrences)

Produces (27 Occurrences)

Becomes (138 Occurrences)

Soil (59 Occurrences)

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