Bible Verses about “animal cruelty”
The Bible contains 17 verses about animal cruelty across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."”
“See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?”
“To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;" and it was so.”
“A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.”
“For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity.”
“"What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?," says Yahweh. "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.”
“Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:”
“I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.”
“"Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?”
“"Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.”
“When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.”
“When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'”
“You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out [the grain].”
“If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don't leave him, you shall surely help him with it.”
“The angel of Yahweh said to him, "Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come forth as an adversary, because your way is perverse before me:”
“Yahweh is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.”
“He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck; he who offers an offering, [as he who offers] pig's blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations:”