Bible Verses about “killing animals”
The Bible contains 13 verses about killing animals across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“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 sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."”
“God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.”
“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.”
“"You shall not murder.”
“A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.”
“Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As the green herb, I have given everything to you.”
“The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat; The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them.”
“The nursing child will play near a cobra's hole, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper's den.”
“The cow and the bear will graze. Their young ones will lie down together. The lion will eat straw like the ox.”
“They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.”
“You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out [the grain].”
“He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.”
“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:”