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 cast into the lake of fire and sulphur, where also the beast and the false prophet [were cast], and they shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.
And the twenty-four elders fell down, and the four cherubs, and worshipped God who sat on the throne, saying, Amen, Halleluia.
And all the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four cherubs, and fell down before the throne on their faces, and worshipped 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 threshes. Does God care for oxen?
Look at the birds of heaven; they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into store-houses; but your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?
Consider the ravens; for they neither sow nor reap, and they have no private room, no storehouse; and God feeds them. How much are you better than the birds!
Animals » Names of » Asses, beasts of burden
Animals » Names of » Dragons
Animals » Lions » Swine
Give not a holy thing to dogs, neither cast your pearls before swine, lest they tread them down with their feet, and turn and rend 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 holes, and the birds of heaven have places of shelter, 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 in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the beasts; and the angels waited on him.
Animals » Lions » Unicorn
Animals » Sent in judgment
Animals » Clean and unclean
and he beheld heaven opened, and a certain vessel like a great sheet descending, let down by four corners to the earth, in which were all the quadrupeds and reptiles of the earth, and birds of heaven. And a voice came to him, Arise, Peter, kill and eat. read more.
But Peter said, By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten any thing common and impure. And a voice came to him again, a second time, What God has purified, regard not common.
Animals » Instruments of God's will
Animals » Cruelty to
Animals » Man's dominion over the natural world
For every kind of beasts, and birds, and reptiles, and fishes, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race,
thou didst subject all things under his feet. For in subjecting all things to him, he left nothing not subjected to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him.
Animals » Names of » Heifers, offered as sacrifices
For if the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the defiled, sanctifies to the purification 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 harmless as doves.
But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but within they are rapacious wolves.
But the hired servant, and one who is not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf seizes and scatters them;
For I know that after my departure grievous wolves will come among you, not sparing 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, If a son or an ox of any of you shall fall into a pit, will he not immediately take him out on the sabbath day?
Animals » God's control of
Behold, I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall by any means injure 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 you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine. And he said to them, Go. And going out, they went away into the herd of swine, and, behold, the whole herd rushed down a precipice into the lake, and died in the waters;
And Jesus immediately permitted them. And the impure spirits going out entered into the swine, and the herd rushed down a precipice into the lake, about two thousand, and were drowned in the lake.
And the demons going out of the man entered into the swine; and the herd rushed down the precipice 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 after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, of 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 changed the glory of the imperishable God into the likeness of the image of perishable man, and of birds, and quadrupeds, and reptiles.
Meat » Animals
Wicked people » Compared with » Animals
but these, like irrational animals, brutes made to be taken and destroyed, reviling things which they do not understand, will also be destroyed in their depravity,
Topics on Animals
Animals Eating
Matthew 13:4and as he sowed, some fell by the way, and the birds came and devoured it.
Animals Eating People
Revelation 19:17-18And I saw an angel standing on the sun, and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, Come, assemble yourselves to the great supper of God,
Animals Falling
Matthew 10:29Are not two sparrows sold for an assarion [1.5 mills]? and one of them cannot fall to the ground without your Father.
Animals Going Astray
Matthew 18:12-13What think you? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them is lost, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountain, and go and seek for the lost one?
Animals Going To Heaven
Revelation 21:1And I saw a new heaven and new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth 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 destruction, it is raised in indestructibleness;
Animals In Heaven
Revelation 19:11And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat on it is called faithful and true, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.
Animals Serving Human Needs
Matthew 21:2-3and said to them, Go into the village opposite to you, and you will immediately find an ass tied, and a colt with her; untie them, and lead them to me:
Animals, Cruelty Towards
Luke 14:5And he answered and said to them, If a son or an ox of any of you shall fall into a pit, will he not immediately take him out on the sabbath day?
Animals, Figurative Use
Revelation 12:4and his tail drew a third of the stars of heaven, and cast them on the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bear [a child], that when she had borne he might devour her son.
Animals, God's Care Of
Luke 12:6Are not five sparrows sold for two assarions [3 cents], and one of them is not forgotten before God?
Animals, religious role of
Acts 10:9-14And on the next day, as they were pursuing their journey and had come nigh to the city, Peter went upon the house to pray, about the sixth hour.
Animals, Types Of
Revelation 13:2And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority.
Binding As Animals
Matthew 21:2and said to them, Go into the village opposite to you, and you will immediately find an ass tied, and a colt with her; untie them, and lead them to me:
Black Animals
Revelation 6:5And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third cherub say, Come. And I saw, and behold, a black horse, and he that sat on it 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, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fishes.
Caring For Animals
Matthew 10:29Are not two sparrows sold for an assarion [1.5 mills]? and one of them cannot fall to the ground without your Father.
Corpses Of Animals
Hebrews 13:11For the bodies of those animals whose blood is carried into the sanctuary by the chief priest are burnt without the encampment.
Feeding Animals
Luke 15:15And he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his field to feed swine.
Female Animals
Revelation 9:8and they had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like [those] of lions,
Five Animals
Luke 12:6Are not five sparrows sold for two assarions [3 cents], and one of them is not forgotten before God?
Killing Domesticated Animals
Matthew 22:4Again he sent other servants, saying, Tell the invited, Behold, I have prepared my supper, my oxen and fatted creatures are killed, and all things are ready; come to the wedding.
Men Similar To Animals
John 10:12But the hired servant, and one who is not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf seizes and scatters them;
Noting What Animals Eat
Matthew 15:27But she said, Yes, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters.
Putting Animals Down
Revelation 12:9And the great dragon, the old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, and who deceives all the world, was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast [to the earth] with him.
Red Animals
Revelation 6:4And there went out another fiery horse, and it was given to him that sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another, and there was given him a great sword.
Satan, Compared With Animals
John 10:12But the hired servant, and one who is not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf seizes and scatters them;
Separating Animals
Matthew 25:32and all the nations shall be assembled before him, and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;
Three Animals
Revelation 16:13And I saw three impure spirits like frogs [proceed] from the mouth of the dragon and from the mouth of the beast and from the mouth of the false prophet;??14 for [these] are spirits of demons that perform miracles, that go to the kings of all the world, to assemble them for the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Trampling Animals
Luke 10:19Behold, I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall by any means injure you;
Two Animals
Matthew 10:29Are not two sparrows sold for an assarion [1.5 mills]? and one of them cannot fall to the ground without your Father.
Unclean Animals
Acts 10:14-15But Peter said, By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten any thing common and impure.
