25 Bible Verses About Animal Cruelty (NIV)
This is a hand-curated and ranked list of the most relevant Bible verses about Animal Cruelty (NIV). Verses are ranked by number of votes.
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Bible Verses About Animal Cruelty
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Proverbs 12:10
10 A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.
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Ecclesiastes 3:19
19 Man's fate is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath; man has no advantage over the animal. Everything is meaningless.
162
Exodus 23:5
5 If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help him with it.
161
Proverbs 27:23
23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;
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Genesis 1:28
28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."
102
Luke 12:6
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
92
Matthew 6:26
26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
91
Isaiah 1:11
11 "The multitude of your sacrifices- what are they to me?" says the LORD. "I have more than enough of burnt offerings, of rams and the fat of fattened animals; I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
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Genesis 1:30
30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground-everything that has the breath of life in it-I give every green plant for food." And it was so.
84
Numbers 22:32
32 The angel of the LORD asked him, "Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? I have come here to oppose you because your path is a reckless one before me.
60
Luke 15:4-7
4 "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.' 7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
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Isaiah 66:3
3 But whoever sacrifices a bull is like one who kills a man, and whoever offers a lamb, like one who breaks a dog's neck; whoever makes a grain offering is like one who presents pig's blood, and whoever burns memorial incense, like one who worships an idol. They have chosen their own ways, and their souls delight in their abominations;
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Proverbs 31:8
8 "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.
49
Exodus 23:11
11 but during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused. Then the poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.
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Deuteronomy 22:6-7
6 If you come across a bird's nest beside the road, either in a tree or on the ground, and the mother is sitting on the young or on the eggs, do not take the mother with the young. 7 You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may go well with you and you may have a long life.
40
Psalm 36:6
6 Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the great deep. O LORD, you preserve both man and beast.
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1 Corinthians 15:39
39 All flesh is not the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another.
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Matthew 10:29
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
34
Jonah 4:11
11 But Nineveh has more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well. Should I not be concerned about that great city?"
33
Deuteronomy 22:4
4 If you see your brother's donkey or his ox fallen on the road, do not ignore it. Help him get it to its feet.
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Exodus 20:10
10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates.
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Exodus 23:12
12 "Six days do your work, but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the slave born in your household, and the alien as well, may be refreshed.
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Isaiah 11:6
6 The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.
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