'Animals' in the Bible

On that day I will make a covenant for themwith the wild animals, the birds of the sky,and the creatures that crawl on the ground.I will shatter bow, sword,and weapons of war in the landand will enable the people to rest securely.

For this reason the land mourns,and everyone who lives in it languishes,along with the wild animals and the birds of the sky;even the fish of the sea disappear.

How the animals groan!The herds of cattle wander in confusionsince they have no pasture.Even the flocks of sheep suffer punishment.

Even the wild animals cry out to You,for the river beds are dried up,and fire has consumedthe pastures of the wilderness. >

Don’t be afraid, wild animals,for the wilderness pastures have turned green,the trees bear their fruit,and the fig tree and grapevine yield their riches.

Should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot distinguish between their right and their left, as well as many animals?”

Then the remnant of Jacobwill be among the nations, among many peoples,like a lion among animals of the forest,like a young lion among flocks of sheep,which tramples and tears as it passes through,and there is no one to rescue them.

For your violence against Lebanonwill overwhelm you;the destruction of animals will terrify youbecause of your human bloodshed and violenceagainst lands, cities, and all who live in them.

This is the self-assured citythat lives in security,that thinks to herself:I exist, and there is no one else.What a desolation she has become,a place for wild animals to lie down!Everyone who passes by herjeers and shakes his fist.

I have summoned a droughton the fields and the hills,on the grain, new wine, olive oil,and whatever the ground yields,on man and beast,and on all that your hands produce.”

The same plague as the previous one will strike the horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all the animals that are in those camps.

You also say: “Look, what a nuisance!” “And you scorn it,” says the Lord of Hosts. “You bring stolen, lame, or sick animals. You bring this as an offering! Am I to accept that from your hands?” asks the Lord.

He was in the wilderness 40 days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels began to serve Him.

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

When I looked closely and considered it, I saw the four-footed animals of the earth, the wild beasts, the reptiles, and the birds of the sky.

and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.

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.

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

For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the most holy place by the high priest as a sin offering are burned outside the camp.

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,

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

And I looked, and there was a pale green horse. The horseman on it was named Death, and Hades was following after him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill by the sword, by famine, by plague, and by the wild animals of the earth.