19 Bible Verses about Donkeys

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.

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? Balaam answered: It is because you have made a fool of me! If I had a sword, I would kill you. The donkey replied: Am I not the same donkey on which you have ridden all your life? Have I ever treated you like this before? No, he answered.read more.
Then Jehovah let Balaam see the angel standing there with his sword. Balaam threw himself face down on the ground.

The bull knows its owner, and donkey knows where its master feeds it. But Israel does not know. My people do not understand!

Samson found a fresh jawbone of a donkey. He picked it up, and killed a thousand men with it. Then Samson said: With the jawbone of a donkey I piled them in piles. With the jawbone of a donkey I killed a thousand men. When he finished speaking he threw the jawbone away. The place where this happened was named Ramath Lehi.

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king comes to you! He is righteous having salvation. He is humble, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the son of a she ass.

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.

Say to the daughter of Zion, 'See, your King comes to you, humble, and seated on a donkey, a colt, the offspring of a beast of burden.'

Early the next morning Abraham saddled his donkey. He took two of his servants and his son Isaac with him. He had cut the wood for the burnt offering. Then he set out for the place that God had told him about.

They loaded their grain on their donkeys and left.

Speak of it, you who ride on white donkeys, sitting on saddles. You that must walk wherever you go.

Do not plow with a bull and a donkey together.

Work six days a week. Do no work on the seventh day. Allow your slaves and the foreigners who work for you and even your animals to rest.

The Lord answered: You hypocrites! You would untie your ox or your donkey from the stall and take it out to give it water on the Sabbath.

It will cost you a sheep or a goat to buy back the firstborn donkey. If you do not buy it back, then you must break the donkey's neck. You must buy back every firstborn of your sons. No one may come into my presence without an offering.