Bible Verses About Hunting
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for hunting, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,987 votes, led by Genesis 27:3. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Hunting
Genesis 27:3553 votes
Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
Genesis 9:3390 votes
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Genesis 10:9175 votes
He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.
Genesis 21:20163 votes
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
Jeremiah 16:16156 votes
Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
Acts 10:13133 votes
And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
Genesis 1:29-30122 votes
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Proverbs 12:27110 votes
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
Proverbs 12:1071 votes
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Genesis 27:3360 votes
And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
Genesis 27:558 votes
And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
Leviticus 11:1-4756 votes
And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
Leviticus 17:1354 votes
And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.
1 Timothy 4:1-547 votes
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
Genesis 27:3046 votes
And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
Proverbs 6:540 votes
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Isaiah 11:6-939 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 1:1736 votes
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Job 10:1632 votes
For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
Genesis 25:2731 votes
And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
Psalms 141:931 votes
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Genesis 27:1-4630 votes
And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
Genesis 9:1-328 votes
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
1 Samuel 26:2026 votes
Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
Luke 1:3723 votes
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
What does the Bible say about hunting?
Readers most often cite Genesis 27:3 on the subject of hunting. Across 2,987 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 9:3, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 21:20. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.