68 Bible Verses about Animals
From Thematic Bible
Animals » Lions » Sheep
Animals » Names of » Deer
Animals » Beasts symbolical
and the devil who led them astray was flung into the fiery, sulphurous lake, where the animal and the false prophet were, there to be tortured day and night forever and ever.
Then the twenty-four elders and the four animals fell down and worshiped God who was seated upon the throne. "Amen!" they said, "Praise the Lord!"
Then all the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four animals, and 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 in the Law of Moses it reads, "You shall not muzzle an ox that is treading out the grain." Is it about the oxen that God is concerned?
Look at the wild birds. They do not sow or reap, or store their food in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more account than they?
Think of the crows! They do not sow or reap, and they have no storehouses or barns, and God feeds them. How much more you are worth than the birds!
Animals » Names of » Asses, beasts of burden
Animals » Names of » Dragons
Animals » Lions » Swine
"Do not give what is sacred to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them under their feet and turn and tear you in pieces.
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, "Foxes have holes and wild birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no 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 remained in the desert for forty days, and Satan tried to tempt him there; and he was among the wild animals; but the angels waited on him.
Animals » Lions » Unicorn
Animals » Sent in judgment
Animals » Clean and unclean
and saw the sky opened and a thing like a great sheet coming down, lowered to the ground by the four corners, with all kinds of quadrupeds, reptiles, and wild birds in it. And a voice came to him, "Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it!" read more.
But Peter said, "Never, sir! For I have never eaten anything that was not ceremonially cleansed." The voice came to him again a second time, "Do not call what God has cleansed unclean."
Animals » Instruments of God's will
Animals » Cruelty to
Animals » Man's dominion over the natural world
For every kind of animal and bird, reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by man,
You have put everything under his feet!" In thus making everything subject to man, God left nothing that was not subjected to him. But we do not as yet see everything made subject to him,
Animals » Names of » Heifers, offered as sacrifices
For if sprinkling ceremonially defiled persons with the blood of bulls and goats and with the ashes of a heifer purifies them physically,
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
"Here I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So you must be wise like serpents, and guileless like doves.
"Beware of the false prophets, who come to you disguised as sheep but are ravenous wolves underneath.
A hired man who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep, when he sees a wolf coming, will leave the sheep and run away, and the wolf will carry them off and scatter the flock.
I know that after I am gone savage wolves will get in among you and will not spare the flock,
Animals » Names of » Calves
and get the calf we are fattening, and kill it, and let us feast and celebrate,
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)
Then he said to them, "Who among you, if his child or his ox falls into a well, will not pull him out at once on the Sabbath?"
Animals » God's control of
Here I have given you the power to tread on snakes and scorpions, and to trample on all the power of the enemy. Nothing will hurt you at all.
Animals » Lions » Vipers, poisonous serpents
Animals » Nature of
Animals » Two of every sort preserved in the ark
Animals » Possessed of devils
And the demons entreated him, saying, "If you are going to drive us out, send us into the drove of pigs." And he said to them, "Begone!" And they came out and went into the pigs. And suddenly the whole drove rushed over the steep bank into the sea, and perished in the water.
So he gave them permission. And the foul spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the drove of about two thousand rushed over the steep bank into the sea, and were drowned.
Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the drove rushed over the steep bank 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
From the human point of view, what good is it to me that I have fought wild animals here in Ephesus? If the dead do not rise at all, "Let us eat and drink, for we will be dead tomorrow!"
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 for the splendor of the immortal God they have substituted images in the form of mortal man, birds, animals, and reptiles.
Meat » Animals
Wicked people » Compared with » Animals
These men, like unreasoning animals, mere creatures of instinct created to be caught and killed, abuse what they do not understand and will be destroyed like animals,
Topics on Animals
Animals Eating
Matthew 13:4and as he was sowing, some of the seed fell by the path and the birds came and ate it up,
Animals Eating People
Revelation 19:17-18Then I saw an angel standing on the sun, and shouting in a loud voice to all the birds that fly in midair, "Come! Gather for God's great banquet,
Animals Falling
Matthew 10:29Do not sparrows sell two for a cent? And yet not one of them can fall to the ground against your Father's will!
Animals Going Astray
Matthew 18:12-13What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them strays away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills, and go in search of the one that is astray?
Animals Going To Heaven
Revelation 21:1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
Animals Having A Soul
1 Corinthians 15:42-44It is so with the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in decay, it is raised free from decay.
Animals In Heaven
Revelation 19:11Then I saw heaven thrown open and there appeared a white horse. His rider was called Faithful and True, and he judges and wages war in uprightness.
Animals Serving Human Needs
Matthew 21:2-3saying to them, "Go to the village that lies in front of you, and you will at once find an ass tied there, and a colt with her. Untie her and bring them to me.
Animals, Cruelty Towards
Luke 14:5Then he said to them, "Who among you, if his child or his ox falls into a well, will not pull him out at once on the Sabbath?"
Animals, Figurative Use
Revelation 12:4His tail swept away one third of the stars of heaven and flung them down upon the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth to a child in order to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Animals, God's Care Of
Luke 12:6Do not sparrows sell five for two cents? And yet not one of them is forgotten in God's sight.
Animals, religious role of
Acts 10:9-14The next day, while they were still on their way, and were just getting near the town, Peter went up on the housetop about noon to pray.
Animals, Types Of
Revelation 13:2The animal I saw was like a leopard, its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. The dragon gave it his own power and his throne and great authority.
Binding As Animals
Matthew 21:2saying to them, "Go to the village that lies in front of you, and you will at once find an ass tied there, and a colt with her. Untie her and bring them to me.
Black Animals
Revelation 6:5When he broke the third seal, I heard the third animal say, "Come!" And there I saw a black horse, and its rider had a pair of scales in his hand,
Bodies Of Animals
1 Corinthians 15:39Flesh is not all alike; men have one kind, animals another, birds another, and fish another.
Caring For Animals
Matthew 10:29Do not sparrows sell two for a cent? And yet not one of them can fall to the ground against your Father's will!
Corpses Of Animals
Hebrews 13:11For the bodies of the animals whose blood is taken into the sanctuary by the high priest are burned outside the camp.
Fat Animals
Luke 15:23and get the calf we are fattening, and kill it, and let us feast and celebrate,
Feeding Animals
Luke 15:15And he went and hired himself out to a resident of the country, and he sent him into his fields to tend pigs.
Five Animals
Luke 12:6Do not sparrows sell five for two cents? And yet not one of them is forgotten in God's sight.
Killing Domesticated Animals
Matthew 22:4He sent other slaves a second time, and said to them, 'Tell those who have been asked, "Here I have my banquet all ready, my bullocks and fat cattle are killed, and everything is ready. Come to the banquet!" '
Killing Wild Animals
Acts 10:13And a voice came to him, "Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it!"
Men Similar To Animals
John 10:12A hired man who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep, when he sees a wolf coming, will leave the sheep and run away, and the wolf will carry them off and scatter the flock.
Noting What Animals Eat
Matthew 15:27But she said, "O yes, sir! For even dogs eat the scraps that fall from their masters' table!"
Putting Animals Down
Revelation 12:9So the great dragon, the ancient serpent who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world, was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.
Red Animals
Revelation 6:4And another horse came forth, bright red, and its rider was given power to take peace away from the earth, and make men slaughter one another; he was given a great sword.
Satan, Compared With Animals
John 10:12A hired man who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep, when he sees a wolf coming, will leave the sheep and run away, and the wolf will carry them off and scatter the flock.
Separating Animals
Matthew 25:32and all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from one another, just as a shepherd separates his sheep from his goats,
Three Animals
Revelation 16:13Then I saw three foul spirits like frogs emerge from the mouth of the dragon and from the mouth of the animal and from the mouth of the false prophet.
Trampling Animals
Luke 10:19Here I have given you the power to tread on snakes and scorpions, and to trample on all the power of the enemy. Nothing will hurt you at all.
Two Animals
Matthew 10:29Do not sparrows sell two for a cent? And yet not one of them can fall to the ground against your Father's will!
Unclean Animals
Acts 10:14-15But Peter said, "Never, sir! For I have never eaten anything that was not ceremonially cleansed."
