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What Does the Bible Say About Cruelty to Animals?

Here are 9 Bible verses about Cruelty to Animals, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Proverbs 12:10

    A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

    BSBA righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.

  2. #2Deuteronomy 25:4

    Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

    BSBDo not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.

  3. #3Psalms 147:9

    He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

    BSBHe provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.

  4. #4Genesis 1:30

    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.

    BSBAnd to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

  5. #5Genesis 1:21

    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.

    BSBSo God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

  6. #6Matthew 6:26

    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?

    BSBLook at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

  7. #7Numbers 22:32

    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:

    BSBThe angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me.

  8. #8Psalms 50:10

    For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

    BSBfor every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.

  9. #9Psalms 50:11

    I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

    BSBI know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.

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