68 Bible Verses about Animals
From Thematic Bible
Animals » Lions » Sheep
Animals » Names of » Deer
Animals » Beasts symbolical
And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are: and they shall be tormented day and night from age to age.
And the twenty-four elders, and the four living creatures, fell down, and worshiped God that sits upon the throne, saying: Amen, Alleluia.
And all the angels stood round about the throne and the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before the throne, and worshiped God,
Animals » Names of » Camels
Animals » Names of » Bullocks, as offerings
Animals » Lions » Characteristics of
Animals » Names of » Cattle
Animals » Names of » Dogs
Animals » God's care of
For it is written in the law of Moses: You shall not muzzle the ox that treads out the grain? Has God a care for oxen?
Observe the birds of the air, that they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into granaries. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?
Consider the ravens, that they neither sow nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor granary; yet God feeds them: you are of far more value than the birds.
Animals » Names of » Asses, beasts of burden
Animals » Names of » Dragons
Animals » Lions » Swine
Give not that which is holy to dogs, nor throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and tear you.
Animals » Laws concerning
Animals » Names of » Leopards
Animals » Names of » Bears
Animals » Instincts of
Animals » Names of » Horses
Animals » Names of » Goats, as offerings
Animals » Habits of
Animals » Names of » Foxes
And Jesus said to him: The foxes have dens, and the birds of the air have roosts; but the Son of man has not where to lay his head.
Animals » Names of » Lambs, for offerings
Animals » Lions » Mules
Animals » Lions » Rams, used in sacrifices
Animals » Homes of
And he was there in the wilderness forty days, to be tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to him.
Animals » Lions » Unicorn
Animals » Sent in judgment
Animals » Clean and unclean
and he saw heaven opened, and some vessel, like a great sheet, descending, bound by the four corners, and let down to the earth. In this were all kinds of four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts and creeping things and birds of the air. And there came a voice to him: Rise, Peter, kill and eat. read more.
But Peter said: By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing common or unclean. And the voice came to him again a second time: What God has cleansed, you must not call common.
Animals » Instruments of God's will
Animals » Cruelty to
Animals » Man's dominion over the natural world
For every kind of beasts and of birds, of creeping things and of things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by man:
thou hast put all things under his feet. For, in putting all things under him, he left nothing that is not put under him: but now we do not yet see all things put under him.
Animals » Names of » Heifers, offered as sacrifices
For if the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean, cleanses them as it respects the purity of the flesh,
Animals » Lions » General references to
Animals » Names of » Dromedaries, used as beasts if burden
Animals » Suffer under divine judgments, sent upon man
Animals » Lions » Wolves, a type of the wicked
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be, therefore, wise as serpents, and guileless as doves.
But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but within are ravenous wolves.
But he that is a hireling, and not the shepherd, to whom the sheep do not belong, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep, and scatters them.
For I know this, that, after my departure, rapacious wolves will enter in among you, who will not spare the flock;
Animals » Names of » Calves
Animals » Names of » Kine
Animals » Names of » Conies, rock rabbits
Animals » Ordained as food for man
Animals » Lions » Mice
Animals » Humaneness to (toward animals and other creatures)
And he answered and said to them: Which of you, if his son or his ox should fall into a pit, would not immediately pull him out on the sabbath-day?
Animals » God's control of
Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and authority over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Animals » Lions » Vipers, poisonous serpents
Animals » Nature of
Animals » Two of every sort preserved in the ark
Animals » Possessed of devils
And the demons besought him, saying: If thou cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine. And he said to them: Go. And when they had come out, they went away into the herd of swine. And behold, the whole herd of swine rushed down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
And Jesus immediately gave them leave. And the unclean spirits came out and entered into the swine; and the herd (they were about two thousand,) rushed down a steep place into the sea, and were strangled in the sea.
And the demons came out of the man, and went into the swine; and the herd rushed down a steep place into the lake, and were drowned.
Animals » Names of » Elephants
Animals » Suffered the plagues of egypt
Animals » Creations of
Animals » Facts about breeding
Animals » Offered in sacrifice
Animals » Cruelty to » Houghing horses
Animals » Lions » Pygarg
Animals » Names of » Chameleon
Animals » Names of » Ferret
Animals » Lions » Lizards
Animals » Lions » Weasel
Animals » Under the curse
Animals » Names of » Greyhound
Animals » Names of » Hare
Animals » Names of » Apes
Animals » Perish at death
Animals » Cruelty to » balaam
Animals » Names of » Boars
Animals » Belong to God
Animals » Kindness to: instances of » People of gerar, in providing tents for cattle
Animals » Names of » Behemoth
Animals » Paul contends with
If, to speak as a man, I have fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me, if the dead rise not? Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.
Animals » Kindness to: instances of » Jacob, in erecting booths for his cattle
Animals » Menstruation of
Animals » Food of
Animals » Named
Idolatry » Objects of » Animals
and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image like corruptible man, and birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Meat » Animals
Wicked people » Compared with » Animals
But these men, like beasts with out reason, which follow the instinct of nature, and are made to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil of things that they understand not, shall utterly perish in their own corruption,
Topics on Animals
Animals Eating
Matthew 13:4And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the way: and the birds came and ate them up.
Animals Eating People
Revelation 19:17-18And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven. Come, gather yourselves to the great supper of God,
Animals Falling
Matthew 10:29Are not two sparrows sold for a far thing? and yet not one of them shall fall upon the ground with out your Father.
Animals Going Astray
Matthew 18:12-13What think you? If a man have a hundred sheep, and one of them go astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine, and go into the mountains, and seek for that which has gone astray?
Animals Going To Heaven
Revelation 21:1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away: and the sea was no more.
Animals Having A Soul
1 Corinthians 15:42-44So, also, is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption:
Animals In Heaven
Revelation 19:11And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat on him was called faithful and true, and in righteousness does he judge, and make war.
Animals Serving Human Needs
Matthew 21:2-3saying to them: Go into the village opposite to you, and immediately you will find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them to me.
Animals, Cruelty Towards
Luke 14:5And he answered and said to them: Which of you, if his son or his ox should fall into a pit, would not immediately pull him out on the sabbath-day?
Animals, Figurative Use
Revelation 12:4And his tail drew along the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bring forth, that, when she had brought forth, he might devour her child.
Animals, God's Care Of
Luke 12:6Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? yet not one of them is forgotten before God.
Animals, religious role of
Acts 10:9-14And on the morrow, as they were going on their journey, and were drawing near to the city, Peter went up on the house top to pray, about the sixth hour.
Animals, Types Of
Revelation 13:2And the beast that I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were as those of a bear, and his mouth was as the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power, and his throne, and great authority.
Binding As Animals
Matthew 21:2saying to them: Go into the village opposite to you, and immediately you will find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them to me.
Black Animals
Revelation 6:5And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, Come and see. And I saw, and behold, a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of scales in his hand.
Bodies Of Animals
1 Corinthians 15:39All flesh is not the same flesh; but there is one flesh of men, another of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
Caring For Animals
Matthew 10:29Are not two sparrows sold for a far thing? and yet not one of them shall fall upon the ground with out your Father.
Corpses Of Animals
Hebrews 13:11For the bodies of those animals whose blood, shed for sin, is carried by the high priest into the holiest, are burned with out the camp.
Feeding Animals
Luke 15:15And he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Female Animals
Revelation 9:8And they had hair like the hair of women; and their teeth were like the teeth of lions.
Five Animals
Luke 12:6Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? yet not one of them is forgotten before God.
Killing Domesticated Animals
Matthew 22:4Again, he sent other servants, saying, Tell those who have been invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast.
Killing Wild Animals
Acts 10:13And there came a voice to him: Rise, Peter, kill and eat.
Men Similar To Animals
John 10:12But he that is a hireling, and not the shepherd, to whom the sheep do not belong, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep, and scatters them.
Noting What Animals Eat
Matthew 15:27She replied: Yes, Lord; and yet thou canst help me; for the little dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters.
Putting Animals Down
Revelation 12:9And the great dragon, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world, was cast into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Red Animals
Revelation 6:4And there went forth another horse, which was red; and to him that sat on him was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.
Satan, Compared With Animals
John 10:12But he that is a hireling, and not the shepherd, to whom the sheep do not belong, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep, and scatters them.
Separating Animals
Matthew 25:32and all nations shall be gathered before him; and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats.
Three Animals
Revelation 16:13And I saw three unclean spirits, like frogs, come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
Trampling Animals
Luke 10:19Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and authority over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Two Animals
Matthew 10:29Are not two sparrows sold for a far thing? and yet not one of them shall fall upon the ground with out your Father.
Unclean Animals
Acts 10:14-15But Peter said: By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing common or unclean.
