Bible Verses about “insects”
The Bible contains 16 verses about insects 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.”
“¶ All fowls that creep, going upon [all] four, [shall be] an abomination unto you.”
“[Even] these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.”
“Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon [all] four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;”
“But all [other] flying creeping things, which have four feet, [shall be] an abomination unto you.”
“And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on [all] four, those [are] unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.”
“And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.”
“And whosoever beareth [ought] of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.”
“[The carcases] of every beast which divideth the hoof, and [is] not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, [are] unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.”
“And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they [are] unclean unto you.”
“These also [shall be] unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,”
“And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.”
“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
“If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;”
“And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.”
“Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.”