Bible Verses About Animals
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for animals, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 36,497 votes, led by Proverbs 12:10. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Animals
Proverbs 12:101,526 votes
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Matthew 6:261,118 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?
Genesis 1:21914 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.
Job 12:7-10878 votes
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Genesis 1:26-28840 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.
Job 35:11793 votes
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Genesis 1:30765 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.
Isaiah 65:25754 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 9:2-3751 votes
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Ecclesiastes 3:18-21700 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.
Isaiah 11:6-9681 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 27:23659 votes
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
Genesis 1:26655 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.
Isaiah 11:6631 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.
Luke 12:24630 votes
Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
Psalms 145:9572 votes
The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
Genesis 1:24553 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.
Psalms 8:6-9549 votes
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
Job 12:7543 votes
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
James 3:7536 votes
For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
Matthew 10:29485 votes
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
Luke 3:6464 votes
And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
Psalms 36:6461 votes
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.
Proverbs 6:6-8455 votes
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Deuteronomy 25:4448 votes
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
What does the Bible say about animals?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 12:10 on the subject of animals. Across 36,497 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 6:26, Genesis 1:21, Job 12:7-10. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.