38 Bible Verses about Animal Life

Then Jehovah God formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to let him name them. Whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

O Jehovah, how many are your works! In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your possessions.

God said: Let the waters be filled with many kinds of living beings, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky. God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves in the waters after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said: Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.read more.
There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. God said: Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind. It was so. God made the wild animals according to their kinds. He made the livestock according to their kinds and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.

The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due time. You open your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

Look at the birds of the sky, they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you worth more than they?

Consider the ravens for they do not sow or reap. They have no storehouse or barn. Yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!

Let the mother go. You may take the young. Let the mother go. May things go well with you and you may prolong your days.

You send watering springs to the valleys. They flow between the mountains. They give drink to every beast of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst. Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell. They lift up voices among the branches.

He gives food to all flesh, for his loving kindness is everlasting.

He is the one who gives food to animals and to young ravens when they call out.

Should I not then have regard for Nineveh, that great city, where there are more than one hundred and twenty thousand people that do not know the difference between their right and their left hand, and also many animals?

Do two sparrows sell for a penny? Not one of them will fall on the ground without your Father knowing.

My God sent his angel, and shut the lions' mouths. They did not hurt me. I was found innocent before him. I have done no wrong before you, O king.

Jehovah gave the donkey the power of speech. The donkey said to Balaam: What have I done to you? Why have you beaten me these three times?

However, Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

who through faith subdued kingdoms, affected righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

Then God said: Let us make man in our image, in our likeness. Let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth and over all the creatures that move along the ground.

God blessed them and said to them: Be fruitful and increase in number. Fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and dominate the birds of the air. Have dominion over every living creature that moves on the ground.

All the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air will be filled with fear and dread of you. Every creature that moves along the ground and all the fish of the sea are placed under your control.

You made him rule what your hands created. You have put everything under his control: all the sheep and cattle, the wild animals, the birds, the fish, whatever swims in the currents of the seas.

He gave the children of men, the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens to your hand. He made you the ruler over them all! You are the head of gold.

You put all things in subjection under his feet. You subjected all things to him and left nothing that is not subject to him. Now we do not see yet all things in subjection to him.

Every kind of beast and bird, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.

Jehovah God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.

They were near Jerusalem at Bethphage. Jesus sent two disciples to the Mount of Olives. He told them, Go to the nearby town and look for a donkey with a cord around her neck. There will be a young one with her. Turn them loose and bring them to me. Tell anyone who asks, 'The Lord needs them,' and right away he will allow them to go.

They came close to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives. He appointed two of his disciples to go into the village that is nearby. As soon as you enter it you will find a colt tied there. No man has ever sat on that colt. Untie him and bring him. If any one questions why you do this say: 'The Lord has need of him.' Immediately he will send it here.

When he came close to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples. He told them, Go into the nearby village. You will find a colt tied. No man has ever sat on him. Untie him and bring him to me. If any one asks why you untied him say the Lord needs him.

Bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal, and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive. Take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.read more.
Noah did everything exactly as God commanded him.

Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. You must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.

Jehovah your God will expand your country's borders as he promised. You will say: I am hungry for meat. Then eat as much meat as you want. If the place Jehovah your God chooses to put his name is too far away from you, you may slaughter an animal from the herds or flocks that Jehovah has given you. Eat as much as you want in your city. I have commanded you to do this. Eat it as you would eat a gazelle or a deer. Clean and unclean people may eat it together.read more.
Make sure you never eat blood, because blood contains life. Never eat the life with the meat. Never eat blood! Pour it on the ground like water. If you do not eat blood, things will go well for you and your descendants. You will be doing what Jehovah considers right.

Take with you seven of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and two of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate. Also take seven of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth.

This law helps you distinguish between clean and unclean, the animals you may eat and those you may not eat.'

But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn (firstlings) of his flock. Jehovah looked with favor on Abel and his offering.

Noah built an altar to Jehovah and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it.

This is because life of every living thing is in the blood. I have given this blood to you to pay compensation for wrongdoing and make peace with me on the altar. Blood is needed to pay compensation for wrongdoing and make peace with me.'

Almost all things are by the Law purified with blood. There is no forgiveness unless blood is poured out.

Praise Jehovah from the earth. Praise him, large sea creatures and all the ocean depths.

Let everything that breathes praise Jehovah! Praise Jehovah!