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What does the Bible say about animal cruelty?

14 verses about animal cruelty, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

10 booksMost in Proverbs

Bible verses about animal cruelty

Proverbs 12:10 — A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. 10 votes
Ecclesiastes 3:19 — 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. 8 votes
Exodus 23:5 — If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. 4 votes
Proverbs 27:23 — Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. 4 votes
Deuteronomy 25:4 — Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. 3 votes
Psalms 145:9 — The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. 3 votes
Genesis 1:28 — And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 2 votes
Genesis 1:30 — 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. 2 votes
Numbers 22:32 — And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me: 2 votes
Isaiah 1:11 — To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. 2 votes
Isaiah 66:3 — He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. 2 votes
Matthew 6:26 — Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 2 votes
Luke 12:6 — Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? 2 votes
Luke 15:4 — What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? 2 votes

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Genesis (2), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (2), Luke (2), Exodus (1), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (1), Psalms (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Matthew (1)

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