Bible Verses About Animals After Death
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for animals after death, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,377 votes, led by Ecclesiastes 3:19-20. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Animals After Death
Ecclesiastes 3:19-20333 votes
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.
Ecclesiastes 12:7237 votes
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Luke 3:6193 votes
And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
Job 12:10177 votes
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
Isaiah 11:6-9174 votes
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Proverbs 12:10161 votes
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Psalms 36:6155 votes
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.
Ecclesiastes 3:21105 votes
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Isaiah 65:25104 votes
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.
Revelation 21:497 votes
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Genesis 1:3093 votes
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.
Revelation 5:1393 votes
And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Romans 8:19-2687 votes
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
Genesis 1:2184 votes
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Luke 12:670 votes
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
John 3:1661 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 14:1-353 votes
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
Psalms 50:10-1151 votes
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
Matthew 6:2650 votes
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?
Psalms 104:26-3548 votes
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
Isaiah 41:1048 votes
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Matthew 10:2947 votes
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
Genesis 9:546 votes
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
Job 12:7-1045 votes
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
John 5:28-2944 votes
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
What does the Bible say about animals after death?
Readers most often cite Ecclesiastes 3:19-20 on the subject of animals after death. Across 5,377 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ecclesiastes 12:7, Luke 3:6, Job 12:10. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.