What Does the Bible Say About Animal Abuse?

Proverbs 12:10 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.

Deuteronomy 22:4 ESV / 22 helpful votes

You shall not see your brother's donkey or his ox fallen down by the way and ignore them. You shall help him to lift them up again.

Leviticus 24:18 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Whoever takes an animal's life shall make it good, life for life.

Exodus 23:5 ESV / 8 helpful votes

If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him with it; you shall rescue it with him.

Proverbs 27:23 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds,

Matthew 6:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

Isaiah 66:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“He who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, like one who breaks a dog's neck; he who presents a grain offering, like one who offers pig's blood; he who makes a memorial offering of frankincense, like one who blesses an idol. These have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations;

Matthew 7:19-23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will recognize them by their fruits. “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

Job 12:7-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you; or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this? In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.

1 Samuel 25:1-44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now Samuel died. And all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah. Then David rose and went down to the wilderness of Paran. And there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel. Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was discerning and beautiful, but the man was harsh and badly behaved; he was a Calebite. David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. So David sent ten young men. And David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal and greet him in my name. ...

Deuteronomy 23:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You shall not bring the fee of a prostitute or the wages of a dog into the house of the Lord your God in payment for any vow, for both of these are an abomination to the Lord your God.

Genesis 1:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

1 Corinthians 5:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

Psalm 150:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

Job 38:41 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, and wander about for lack of food?

15 Bible Verses about Animal Abuse

Proverbs 12:10 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 22:4 ESV / 22 helpful votes

Leviticus 24:18 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Exodus 23:5 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:23 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Matthew 6:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Isaiah 66:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 7:19-23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Job 12:7-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Samuel 25:1-44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 23:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 5:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Psalm 150:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Job 38:41 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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15 Bible Verses about Animal Abuse

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Proverbs 12:10 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 22:4 ESV / 22 helpful votes

Leviticus 24:18 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Exodus 23:5 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:23 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Matthew 6:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Isaiah 66:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 7:19-23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Job 12:7-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Samuel 25:1-44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 23:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 5:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Psalm 150:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Job 38:41 ESV / 1 helpful vote