Bible Verses About Mans Role Regarding Animals
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for mans role regarding animals, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 376 votes, led by Genesis 1:26-28. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Mans Role Regarding Animals
Genesis 1:26-2884 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 9:1-544 votes
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Deuteronomy 22:1-3031 votes
Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.
Proverbs 12:1028 votes
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Isaiah 11:625 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.
Genesis 1:2624 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.
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?
Job 12:7-1016 votes
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Deuteronomy 25:414 votes
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
Proverbs 27:2314 votes
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
Genesis 1:2812 votes
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Genesis 2:1511 votes
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Revelation 5:1311 votes
And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Genesis 1:20-2510 votes
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Exodus 23:1210 votes
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
Deuteronomy 22:1010 votes
Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
Proverbs 4:2310 votes
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
What does the Bible say about mans role regarding animals?
Readers most often cite Genesis 1:26-28 on the subject of mans role regarding animals. Across 376 votes, 17 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 9:1-5, Deuteronomy 22:1-30, Proverbs 12:10. This page lists all 17 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.