Bible Verses About Cruelty To Animals

Want to know what the Bible says about Animal Cruelty? Here are 85 Bible verses about Animal Cruelty from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath ; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless.

If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help them with it.

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground. ”

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Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

“The multitude of your sacrifices—      what are they to me?” says the Lord . “I have more than enough of burnt offerings,      of rams and the fat of fattened animals; I have no pleasure      in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.

And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food. ” And it was so.

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The angel of the Lord asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? I have come here to oppose you because your path is a reckless one before me.

But whoever sacrifices a bull      is like one who kills a person, and whoever offers a lamb      is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever makes a grain offering      is like one who presents pig’s blood, and whoever burns memorial incense      is like one who worships an idol. They have chosen their own ways,      and they delight in their abominations;

4  “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5  And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6  and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ 7  I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

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6  If you come across a bird’s nest beside the road, either in a tree or on the ground, and the mother is sitting on the young or on the eggs, do not take the mother with the young. 7  You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may go well with you and you may have a long life.

Your righteousness is like the highest mountains,      your justice like the great deep.      You, Lord , preserve both people and animals.

But during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused. Then the poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what is left. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.

Proverbs 12:10 A Righteous Man Regards The Life Of His Animal, But The Tender Mercies Of The Wicked Are Only Cruelty

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

The Bible has a lot to say about animals and primarily it concerns the humane treatment of them. Proverbs 12:10 says “

.” Those who take good care of their animals, whether they’re domesticated or not, are called “righteous” by God. God is highly concerned with the way we treat His creatures, great and small. Indiscriminant killing of animals simply for sport is not having regard for them. I don’t mean hunters who can help control overpopulation of deer due to the lack of natural predators. These men and women hunt and often consume their capture.

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In the early American frontier days, people used to shoot buffalo without discretion right from the train. It was a great slaughter of such a magnificent species but some of this was intentional as a way to starve the American Indians off the plains so it was doubly deplorable, especially knowing how God feels about His creatures. Jesus said “

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father

” (1st Cor 9:9) which is found in Deuteronomy 25:4. This law allowed the animal who was working for the owner a chance to eat while he worked.  Did God believe in the death penalty? Yes, as it is written in Leviticus 24:21 “

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” but the focus is on whoever kills an animal should make good on that. In other words, there is some price to pay for killing an animal which, once again, proves that God values animals.

If you think about, something has to die in order for humans to eat. Whether it is animal or plant, they both exist, for the most part, to serve humanity and to provide food for a burgeoning planet. God declared in the beginning that “

Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything

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” (Gen 9:3) and that included meat, minus the blood of course (Gen 9:4). What is everything that lives that was to be food for Noah and his family? It must have included animals and as such, it was necessary to kill the animals. It was completely permissible by God. Even the Jews would later eat lamb and beef which was kosher for them and that meant that they had to kill them first. If someone’s against killing animals then they cannot eat meat and still be against it. Or they could be a strict vegetarian for only the strictest of vegetarians can claim to eat no meat but the problem with that is many animal byproducts make their way into hundreds of other non-food products and end up on store shelves.

There are many places in the world where humans depend on animals and in some cases, mammals, to survive. Their choices are; hunt, kill, and eat or starve and die. To them, it’s not an ethical issue. Depending on the geography and location they may have no choice but to hunt. Jesus once said that it wasn’t what went into the man that defiled him, “

Sometimes a culture doesn’t have a lot of choice as to avoid products of animals that have obviously been killed. It is bigger than any of us so we should just accept it for what it is but this doesn’t mean we turn a deaf ear and a blind eye at animal cruelty. It should be condemned and those who do such things should be prosecuted by the law. There is no excuse for the inhumane treatment of animals. It was immediately after the creation when “

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God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day

” (Gen 1:31) and part of that creation were His creatures for which He has high regard for and He expects us to as well.

Jack Wellman is Pastor of the Mulvane Brethren church in Mulvane Kansas. Jack is also the Senior Writer at What Christians Want To Know whose mission is to equip, encourage, and energize Christians and to address questions about the believer’s daily walk with God and the Bible. You can follow Jack on Google Plus or check out his book Teaching Children the Gospel available on Amazon.

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