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Animal Souls
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A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;” and it was so.
Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?”
Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
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 birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind”; and it was so.
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?
The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat; The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them. — read the full passage →
The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown perishable; it is raised imperishable. — read the full passage →
The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat; The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them.
I said in my heart, “As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals. — read the full passage →
Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah!
Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a great deep. Yahweh, you preserve man and animal.
in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
“But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; the birds of the sky, and they shall tell you. — read the full passage →
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 birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” — read the full passage →
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →
“But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; the birds of the sky, and they shall tell you.
God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky.” — read the full passage →
God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man. Every living thing in the sea died.
I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!”
May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
All flesh will see God’s salvation.’”
“Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father’s will,
Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
I said in my heart, “As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.
“As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you, — read the full passage →
Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
I, even I, do bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.
By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature became its name.
Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.
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 birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” — read the full passage →
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 birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” — read the full passage →
God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky.”
Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. — read the full passage →
We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity.
They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won’t dash your foot against a stone.
For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills. — read the full passage →
They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.
For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.
All the souls who came out of Jacob’s body were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, — read the full passage →
The armies which are in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in white, pure, fine linen.
I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.
When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had.
I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?”
But these speak evil of whatever things they don’t know. What they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, they are destroyed in these things.
But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you!”
He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.
All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.
For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.
But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”
that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. — read the full passage →
For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.
For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
“Aren’t five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.
In that day there will be on the bells of the horses, “HOLY TO YAHWEH”; and the pots in Yahweh’s house will be like the bowls before the altar.
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins, he shall die.
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain,” says Yahweh.
but with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water; — read the full passage →
For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity. — read the full passage →
For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity. — read the full passage →
I said in my heart, “As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals. — read the full passage →
a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Praise Yahweh from the earth, you great sea creatures, and all depths!
Praise Yahweh from the earth, you great sea creatures, and all depths! — read the full passage →
I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever. — read the full passage →
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
He sends springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.
Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty. — read the full passage →
Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your holy hill? — read the full passage →
How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? — read the full passage →
I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works. — read the full passage →
As they still went on, and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.
For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life.
All that don’t have fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination to you,
“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘If anyone sins unintentionally, in any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and does any one of them:
and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
I will surely require your blood of your lives; at the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man.
But flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat.
Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you.
All on the dry land, in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died.
Pairs from all flesh with the breath of life in them went to Noah into the ship.
You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male and his female.
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