Bible Verses about “cruelty to animals”
The Bible contains 9 verses about cruelty to animals across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“‹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?›”
“And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein [there is] life, [I have given] every green herb for meat: and it was so.”
“¶ A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.”
“And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.”
“Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the corn].”
“He giveth to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens which cry.”
“And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because [thy] way is perverse before me:”
“I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field [are] mine.”
“For every beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the cattle upon a thousand hills.”