19 Bible Verses about Donkeys
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He sends forth springs in the valleys;
They flow between the mountains;
They give drink to every beast of the field;
The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
And the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?” Then Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have made a mockery of me! If there had been a sword in my hand, I would have killed you by now.” The donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey on which you have ridden all your life to this day? Have I ever been accustomed to do so to you?” And he said, “No.”read more.
Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand; and he bowed all the way to the ground.
“An ox knows its owner,
And a donkey its master’s manger,
But Israel does not know,
My people do not understand.”
He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, so he reached out and took it and killed a thousand men with it. Then Samson said,
“With the jawbone of a donkey,
Heaps upon heaps,
With the jawbone of a donkey
I have killed a thousand men.”
When he had finished speaking, he threw the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place Ramath-lehi.
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
He is just and endowed with salvation,
Humble, and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to Me.
“Say to the daughter of Zion,
‘Behold your King is coming to you,
Gentle, and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”
So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son; and he split wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.
“You who ride on white donkeys,
You who sit on rich carpets,
And you who travel on the road—sing!
“Six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you shall cease from labor so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave, as well as your stranger, may refresh themselves.
But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites, does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead him away to water him?
You shall redeem with a lamb the first offspring from a donkey; and if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. You shall redeem all the firstborn of your sons. None shall appear before Me empty-handed.
Topics on Donkeys
Loss Of Donkeys
Genesis 34:28They took their flocks and their herds and their donkeys, and that which was in the city and that which was in the field;
Multitudes Of Donkeys
Genesis 12:16Therefore
Riding Donkeys
Isaiah 21:7
A train of donkeys, a train of camels,
Let him pay close attention, very close attention.”
Saddling Donkeys
1 Kings 13:27Then he spoke to his sons, saying, “Saddle the donkey for me.” And they saddled it.
Wild Donkeys
Genesis 16:12
His hand will be against everyone,
And everyone’s hand will be against him;
And he will