Bible Verses About Pets
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for pets, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,424 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 Pets
Proverbs 12:10310 votes
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Genesis 1:28298 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 9:2182 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.
Psalms 36:6182 votes
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.
Luke 12:6177 votes
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
Isaiah 11:6155 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.
Psalms 136:25139 votes
Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Genesis 2:18-19134 votes
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Genesis 1:26127 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.
Isaiah 65:25124 votes
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.
2 Samuel 12:1-6118 votes
And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
Job 30:1116 votes
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
Isaiah 11:6-9111 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.
Psalms 145:9108 votes
The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
Luke 3:698 votes
And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
Psalms 36:5-696 votes
Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
Matthew 6:2695 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 1:24-2594 votes
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Job 12:1094 votes
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
Matthew 10:2990 votes
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
Revelation 5:1390 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.
James 3:789 votes
For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
1 Corinthians 2:985 votes
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Ecclesiastes 3:18-2183 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.
Genesis 1:2479 votes
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
What does the Bible say about pets?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 12:10 on the subject of pets. Across 5,424 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 1:28, Genesis 9:2, Psalms 36:6. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.