15 Bible Verses about Mammals

So God made the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and creatures that crawl on the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

So God created the large sea-creatures and every living creature that moves and swarms in the water, according to their kinds. He also created every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Not all flesh is the same flesh; there is one flesh for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.

The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the sky, and to every wild animal; but for the man no helper was found as his complement.

Every living creature will be food for you; as I gave the green plants, I have given you everything.

In it were all the four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, and the birds of the sky.

The ox knows its owner,
and the donkey its master’s feeding trough,
but Israel does not know;
My people do not understand.”

But these people blaspheme anything they don’t understand. What they know by instinct like unreasoning animals—they destroy themselves with these things.

But ask the animals, and they will instruct you;
ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.

Today, the Lord will hand you over to me. Today, I’ll strike you down, cut your head off, and give the corpses of the Philistine camp to the birds of the sky and the creatures of the earth. Then all the world will know that Israel has a God,

If I fought wild animals in Ephesus with only human hope, what good did that do me? If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

A righteous man cares about his animal’s health,
but even the merciful acts of the wicked are cruel.

I was stupid and didn’t understand;
I was an unthinking animal toward You.

One of their very own prophets said,

Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.

But these people, like irrational animals—creatures of instinct born to be caught and destroyed—speak blasphemies about things they don’t understand, and in their destruction they too will be destroyed,