Bible Verses About Domestic Animals
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for domestic animals, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 222 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 Domestic Animals
Proverbs 12:1037 votes
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Genesis 1:2630 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.
Psalms 150:620 votes
Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.
Job 12:7-1017 votes
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Genesis 2:1914 votes
And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Proverbs 27:2313 votes
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
Matthew 6:2613 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 1:3012 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.
Leviticus 25:712 votes
And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.
Deuteronomy 25:412 votes
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
Exodus 23:511 votes
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.
Proverbs 6:6-811 votes
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Exodus 20:1010 votes
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
1 Samuel 17:3410 votes
And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
What does the Bible say about domestic animals?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 12:10 on the subject of domestic animals. Across 222 votes, 14 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 1:26, Psalms 150:6, Job 12:7-10. This page lists all 14 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.