Note to As You Like It, 2.3.43-44: "He that doth the ravens feed, / Yea, providently caters for the sparrow"


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Act 2, Scene 3, lines 43-44.
He that doth the ravens feed, / Yea, providently caters for the sparrow: —See Job, in which God reminds Job that he cannot do what only God can do and asks Job if he will provide prey for the lions, or "provideth for the raven his food?" (Job 38:41 KJV). See also Jesus' words, "Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?" (Luke 12:6 KJV).