Bible Verses About Killing Insects
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for killing insects, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 329 votes, led by Leviticus 11:20-23. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Killing Insects
Leviticus 11:20-23101 votes
All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.
Genesis 1:2656 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.
Leviticus 11:2029 votes
All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.
Isaiah 7:1821 votes
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Psalms 118:1218 votes
They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
Luke 12:3318 votes
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
Deuteronomy 14:1915 votes
And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
Isaiah 40:2215 votes
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
Ecclesiastes 10:114 votes
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
Matthew 3:411 votes
And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Matthew 6:19-2011 votes
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Isaiah 50:910 votes
Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
Mark 1:610 votes
And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
What does the Bible say about killing insects?
Readers most often cite Leviticus 11:20-23 on the subject of killing insects. Across 329 votes, 13 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 1:26, Leviticus 11:20, Isaiah 7:18. This page lists all 13 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.