68 Bible Verses about Animals
From Thematic Bible
Animals » Lions » Sheep
Animals » Names of » Deer
Animals » Beasts symbolical
Then the devil who led them astray was hurled into the fiery lake of burning brimstone, where the wild beast and false prophet were, and there they are to be tortured day and night forever and ever.
Then the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who was seated on the throne, saying, "Amen! Praise the Lord!"
Then all the angels stood around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures, 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 is written, "You must not muzzle an ox that is treading out your grain." Is it that God is concerned about oxen only?
Take a good look at the wild birds, for they do not sow or reap, or store up food in barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps on feeding them. Are you not worth more than they?
Just think of the ravens! For they neither sow nor reap, they have no storehouses nor barns, and yet God continues to feed them. How much more are you worth than the birds!
Animals » Names of » Asses, beasts of burden
Animals » Names of » Dragons
Animals » Lions » Swine
"You must never give the things that are sacred to dogs, and you must never throw your pearls before hogs, for fear they might trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to 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, even wild birds have roosts, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."
Animals » Names of » Lambs, for offerings
Animals » Lions » Mules
Animals » Lions » Rams, used in sacrifices
Animals » Homes of
And He stayed in the desert forty days, while He was being tempted by Satan; yea, He was with the wild beasts, but the angels continued to wait upon Him.
Animals » Lions » Unicorn
Animals » Sent in judgment
Animals » Clean and unclean
and saw the sky opened, and something like a great sheet coming down, lowered to the earth by the four corners, which contained all kinds of four-footed animals, reptiles, and wild birds. A voice came to him, "Get up, Peter, kill something and eat it." read more.
But Peter said, "Never by any means, sir, for I have never eaten anything common, or not ceremonially cleansed." A second time the voice came to him, "The things that God has cleansed you must not call unclean."
Animals » Instruments of God's will
Animals » Cruelty to
Animals » Man's dominion over the natural world
For every kind of beasts and birds, of reptiles and sea animals, can be, or have been, tamed by man;
You have put all things under His feet!" Now when He gave Him authority over everything, He did not leave a single thing that was not put under His authority. But as yet we do not see everything actually under His authority,
Animals » Names of » Heifers, offered as sacrifices
For if the blood of bulls and goats and a heifer's ashes sprinkling those who are ceremonially unclean purifies them with physical cleansing,
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
"Listen! I am sending you out as sheep surrounded by wolves. So you must be sensible like serpents and guileless like doves.
"Look out for false prophets, who come to you under the guise of sheep, but inside they are devouring wolves.
The hired man, who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf carries off some of the sheep and scatters the flock.
Because I know that after I have gone violent wolves will break in among you and 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)
Then He said to them, "Which of you, if his son or ox falls into a well, will not at once pull him out on the Sabbath?"
Animals » God's control of
Listen! I have given you power to tread on snakes and scorpions, and to trample on all the power of the enemy, and nothing at all will ever harm 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 kept begging Him and saying, "If you are going to drive us out, send us into the drove of hogs." And He said to them, "Be gone!" And they went out of the men and got into the hogs, and suddenly the whole drove, in a stampede, rushed over the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.
So He let them do so. And the foul spirits came out of the man and got into the hogs, and the drove of about two thousand rushed over the cliff and into the sea and were drowned.
Then the demons came out of the man and went into the hogs, and the drove rushed over the cliff 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 from merely human motives I have fought wild beasts here in Ephesus, what profit will it be to me? If the dead are never raised at all, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall be dead."
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 have transformed the splendor of the immortal God into images in the form of mortal man, birds, beasts, and reptiles.
Meat » Animals
Wicked people » Compared with » Animals
These men, like irrational animals, mere creatures of instinct created to be caught and killed, abuse the things that they do not understand, and so by their corruption they will be destroyed, suffering wrong as punishment for their wrongdoing.
Topics on Animals
Animals Eating
Matthew 13:4and as he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them up,
Animals Eating People
Revelation 19:17-18Then I saw an angel standing on the sun, and in a loud voice shouting to all the birds that fly in mid-air: "Come! Gather for God's great banquet,
Animals Falling
Matthew 10:29Do not sparrows sell for a cent apiece? And yet not one of them can fall to the ground without your Father's notice.
Animals Going Astray
Matthew 18:12-13"What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hillsides, and go and search for the one that is lost?
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 just like this with the resurrection of the dead.
Animals In Heaven
Revelation 19:11Then I saw heaven thrown open and a white horse appeared. His rider was called Faithful and True, and in justice He passes judgment and wages war.
Animals Serving Human Needs
Matthew 21:2-3and ordered them, "Go into the village that is ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie her and bring them to me.
Animals, Cruelty Towards
Luke 14:5Then He said to them, "Which of you, if his son or ox falls into a well, will not at once pull him out on the Sabbath?"
Animals, Figurative Use
Revelation 12:4His tail was dragging after it a third part of the stars of heaven and dashed 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 12:6Are not sparrows sold five for two cents? And yet not one of them is forgotten by God!
Animals, religious role of
Acts 10:9-14The next day, while those men were traveling on and not far from the town, Peter went up on the housetop about noon to pray.
Animals, Types Of
Revelation 13:2The wild beast which I saw was like a leopard, but his feet were like a bear's, and his mouth was like a lion's mouth. To him the dragon gave his own power and throne with great authority.
Binding As Animals
Matthew 21:2and ordered them, "Go into the village that is ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey 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 living creature, say, "Come!" I looked, and a black horse appeared, and its rider was carrying a pair of scales in his hands,
Bodies Of Animals
1 Corinthians 15:39Every kind of flesh is different. One kind belongs to men, another to cattle, another to birds, another to fish.
Caring For Animals
Matthew 10:29Do not sparrows sell for a cent apiece? And yet not one of them can fall to the ground without your Father's notice.
Corpses Of Animals
Hebrews 13:11For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is taken into the sanctuary by the priest as a sin-offering, are burned outside the camp.
Feeding Animals
Luke 15:15So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, and he sent him to his fields to feed hogs.
Female Animals
Revelation 9:8they had hair that looked like women's hair; their teeth were like lions' teeth;
Five Animals
Luke 12:6Are not sparrows sold five for two cents? And yet not one of them is forgotten by God!
Killing Domesticated Animals
Matthew 22:4A second time he sent other slaves, and said to them, 'Tell the invited guests that I have my reception all ready, my bullocks and fatlings are butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding reception!'
Killing Wild Animals
Acts 10:13A voice came to him, "Get up, Peter, kill something and eat it."
Men Similar To Animals
John 10:12The hired man, who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf carries off some of the sheep and scatters the flock.
Noting What Animals Eat
Matthew 15:27She said, "Yes, Lord, and yet the house dogs usually eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table."
Putting Animals Down
Revelation 12:9So the huge dragon, the ancient serpent, 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, as red as fire, and power was given to its rider to take peace away from the earth, and to make men slaughter one another; a great sword was given to him.
Satan, Compared With Animals
John 10:12The hired man, who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf carries off some of the sheep and scatters 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 leap like frogs from the mouth of the dragon, from the mouth of the wild beast, and from the mouth of the false prophet.
Trampling Animals
Luke 10:19Listen! I have given you power to tread on snakes and scorpions, and to trample on all the power of the enemy, and nothing at all will ever harm you.
Two Animals
Matthew 10:29Do not sparrows sell for a cent apiece? And yet not one of them can fall to the ground without your Father's notice.
Unclean Animals
Acts 10:14-15But Peter said, "Never by any means, sir, for I have never eaten anything common, or not ceremonially cleansed."
