Bible Verses About Animals Having a Soul
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for animals having a soul, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,104 votes, led by Ecclesiastes 3:21. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Animals Having a Soul
Ecclesiastes 3:21119 votes
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Ecclesiastes 3:19108 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.
Job 12:1091 votes
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
Genesis 1:3089 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.
1 Corinthians 15:42-4481 votes
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
Psalms 74:1980 votes
O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
Job 12:7-1070 votes
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Revelation 5:1368 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.
Genesis 1:2466 votes
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Proverbs 12:1064 votes
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Isaiah 65:2564 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.
Genesis 2:761 votes
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Ecclesiastes 3:18-2160 votes
I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
Ecclesiastes 12:759 votes
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Psalms 150:644 votes
Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.
Isaiah 11:6-940 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.
Ecclesiastes 3:19-2039 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.
Genesis 7:1537 votes
And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
Psalms 50:10-1132 votes
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
Luke 12:632 votes
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
Genesis 9:9-1031 votes
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
1 Corinthians 15:3930 votes
All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
Genesis 9:529 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.
Matthew 10:2929 votes
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
Genesis 1:2628 votes
And 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 fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
What does the Bible say about animals having a soul?
Readers most often cite Ecclesiastes 3:21 on the subject of animals having a soul. Across 2,104 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ecclesiastes 3:19, Job 12:10, Genesis 1:30. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.