Bible Verses about “animals having a soul”
The Bible contains 25 verses about animals having a soul across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein [there is] life, [I have given] every green herb for meat: and it was so.”
“¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.”
“Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.”
“¶ A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.”
“For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.”
“All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.”
“And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”
“Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?”
“Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”
“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.”
“I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.”
“In whose hand [is] the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.”
“The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust [shall be] the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.”
“And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.”
“And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.”
“They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.”
“It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.”
“So also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:”
“It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:”
“But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:”
“Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.”
“Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?”
“And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, [be] unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.”
“O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude [of the wicked]: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.”
“And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life.”