What Does the Bible Say About Animals Kindness?

Proverbs 12:10 ESV / 71 helpful votes

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

Job 35:11 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’

Proverbs 27:23 ESV / 30 helpful votes

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

Genesis 1:21 ESV / 24 helpful votes

So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Luke 12:6 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God.

Deuteronomy 25:4 ESV / 17 helpful votes

“You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.

Matthew 6:26 ESV / 16 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 11:6 ESV / 14 helpful votes

The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them.

Isaiah 34:14 ESV / 13 helpful votes

And wild animals shall meet with hyenas; the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; indeed, there the night bird settles and finds for herself a resting place.

Psalm 147:9 ESV / 13 helpful votes

He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.

Exodus 23:12 ESV / 13 helpful votes

“Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant woman, and the alien, may be refreshed.

Genesis 1:30 ESV / 13 helpful votes

And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

Job 12:7 ESV / 12 helpful votes

“But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;

1 Timothy 5:18 ESV / 11 helpful votes

For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer deserves his wages.”

Isaiah 11:6-9 ESV / 11 helpful votes

The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

Ecclesiastes 3:21 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth?

Genesis 1:28 ESV / 10 helpful votes

And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

James 3:7 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind,

Exodus 20:10 ESV / 9 helpful votes

But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Psalm 32:9 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you.

Deuteronomy 22:6-7 ESV / 8 helpful votes

“If you come across a bird's nest in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young. You shall let the mother go, but the young you may take for yourself, that it may go well with you, and that you may live long.

Genesis 9:3 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.

Proverbs 31:26 ESV / 7 helpful votes

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.

2 Samuel 12:3-4 ESV / 7 helpful votes

But the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought. And he brought it up, and it grew up with him and with his children. It used to eat of his morsel and drink from his cup and lie in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him. Now there came a traveler to the rich man, and he was unwilling to take one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the guest who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”

John 3:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Hosea 2:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety.

Psalm 112:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

It is well with the man who deals generously and lends; who conducts his affairs with justice.

Psalm 36:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O Lord.

Genesis 47:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. Let them settle in the land of Goshen, and if you know any able men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”

Matthew 10:29 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.

Deuteronomy 5:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant, or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.

Revelation 22:1-21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever. ...

Isaiah 65:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain,” says the Lord.

Esther 2:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.

Isaiah 30:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

An oracle on the beasts of the Negeb. Through a land of trouble and anguish, from where come the lioness and the lion, the adder and the flying fiery serpent, they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that cannot profit them.

Isaiah 11:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart, and those who harass Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: “Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.” Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. ...

2 Chronicles 22:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king's sons who were about to be put to death, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Thus Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and wife of Jehoiada the priest, because she was a sister of Ahaziah, hid him from Athaliah, so that she did not put him to death.

Deuteronomy 22:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.

Leviticus 11:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Of them you may eat: the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, and the grasshopper of any kind.

Genesis 45:16-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

When the report was heard in Pharaoh's house, “Joseph's brothers have come,” it pleased Pharaoh and his servants. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: load your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan, and take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.’ And you, Joseph, are commanded to say, ‘Do this: take wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. Have no concern for your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”

42 Bible Verses about Animals Kindness

Proverbs 12:10 ESV / 71 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 35:11 ESV / 31 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 27:23 ESV / 30 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:21 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 12:6 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 25:4 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:26 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 11:6 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 34:14 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 147:9 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 23:12 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:30 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 12:7 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 5:18 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 11:6-9 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 3:21 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:28 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 3:7 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 20:10 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 12:7 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 32:9 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 22:6-7 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 9:3 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 31:26 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Samuel 12:3-4 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hosea 2:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 112:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 36:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 47:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 10:29 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 5:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 22:1-21 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 65:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Esther 2:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 30:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 11:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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2 Chronicles 22:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Leviticus 11:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 45:16-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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