Bible Verses About Killing Animals
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for killing animals, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,811 votes, led by Genesis 9:3. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Killing Animals
Genesis 9:3248 votes
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Leviticus 24:21246 votes
And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
Proverbs 12:10186 votes
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Genesis 1:2681 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.
Genesis 1:29-3070 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.
Isaiah 66:345 votes
He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
Exodus 20:1342 votes
Thou shalt not kill.
Isaiah 11:6-942 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.
Deuteronomy 25:438 votes
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
Ecclesiastes 3:18-2235 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.
Proverbs 6:1730 votes
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Genesis 9:1-2925 votes
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Exodus 21:22-2525 votes
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
Leviticus 11:924 votes
These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
Job 12:7-1024 votes
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
2 Peter 2:1223 votes
But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
Matthew 6:2622 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 9:5-621 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 10:2919 votes
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
Revelation 1:119 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Genesis 1:1-3118 votes
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Deuteronomy 22:6-718 votes
If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:
Genesis 9:2-317 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.
Exodus 23:517 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.
Exodus 21:1216 votes
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
What does the Bible say about killing animals?
Readers most often cite Genesis 9:3 on the subject of killing animals. Across 1,811 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Leviticus 24:21, Proverbs 12:10, Genesis 1:26. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.