How many times is sparrow mentioned in the Bible?
The word sparrow appears 2 times in the King James Version, in 2 verses. Counting every form (sparrow, sparrows), it appears 6 times in 6 verses across 3 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses sparrow 3 times (7 with every form).
Sparrow in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of sparrow counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| sparrow | 2 | 3 |
| sparrows | 4 | 4 |
| Total | 6 | 7 |
First and last mention of sparrow
Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Where the two translations differ
0 verses match in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 1 verse matches only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Proverbs 26:2: counted in the World English Bible only
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.
Verses with sparrow on our topic pages
1 verse that uses sparrow in the World English Bible is in our topic collections.
“Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father’s will,
On: Anxiety
Common questions
How many times is sparrow in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 2 of the 6 uses are in the Old Testament and 4 in the New Testament. Sparrow appears in 3 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Psalms, Matthew and Luke share the most, 2 each.
Where is sparrow first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Psalm 84:3: "Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God." The last is Luke 12:7.
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-05.