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Animals After Death

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Ecclesiastes 3:19–20

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 →

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Luke 3:6

All flesh will see God’s salvation.’”

Job 12:10

in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?

Isaiah 11:6–9

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 →

Proverbs 12:10

A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Psalms 36:6

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a great deep. Yahweh, you preserve man and animal.

Ecclesiastes 3:21

Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?”

Isaiah 65:25

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.

Revelation 21:4

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

Revelation 5:13

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!”

Genesis 1:30

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.

Romans 8:19–26

For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. — read the full passage →

Genesis 1:21

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.

Luke 12:6

“Aren’t five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.

John 3:16

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.

John 14:1–3

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

Psalms 50:10–11

For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills. — read the full passage →

Matthew 6:26

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?

Psalms 104:26–35

There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 41:10

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Matthew 10:29

“Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father’s will,

Genesis 9:5

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.

Job 12:7–10

“But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; the birds of the sky, and they shall tell you. — read the full passage →

John 5:28–29

Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice, — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 5:6–8

Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord; — read the full passage →

Revelation 14:13

I heard the voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”

Romans 8:38–39

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 25:4

You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.

Philippians 3:20–21

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

Romans 8:18

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

Romans 14:8

For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

Proverbs 27:23

Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:

Psalms 24:1

The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.

Psalms 34:18

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

Psalms 116:15

Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints.

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

Genesis 2:7

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.

1 Corinthians 2:9

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.”

Genesis 1:1–31

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

1 Thessalonians 4:13–18

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

Romans 8:21–22

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 →

Romans 8:19

For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.

Psalms 23:4

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Psalms 23:1–6

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Genesis 1:26

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.”

Isaiah 25:8

He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it.

1 Corinthians 15:22

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

John 14:27

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Exodus 23:12

“Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 11:25–26

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. — read the full passage →

Matthew 10:28

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.

Genesis 3:17

To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and ate from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for your sake. You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 3:19–21

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 →

Ecclesiastes 3:18–21

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 →

Genesis 3:19

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.”

Hebrews 9:27

Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

John 3:16–17

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 →

Psalms 146:4

His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

Genesis 2:17

but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

Genesis 2:15

Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

Genesis 1:27

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

Revelation 19:11

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.

1 Corinthians 15:26

The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

Romans 5:12

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.

John 14:1–4

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 11:6

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.

Genesis 6:19

Of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ship, to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.

Genesis 3:1–24

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’” — read the full passage →

Genesis 1:31

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

Revelation 21:1–22:21

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. — read the full passage →

Revelation 20:14

Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

Revelation 5:8–13

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 →

Isaiah 40:31

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Psalms 104:21

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.

Genesis 1:24

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.

Genesis 1:20

God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky.”

Revelation 19:11–14

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. — read the full passage →

Hosea 13:14

I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.

Psalms 145:1–21

I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever. — read the full passage →

Genesis 1:26–27

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 →

2 Corinthians 5:8

We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

Romans 8:19–22

For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. — read the full passage →

Psalms 15:1–21:13

Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your holy hill? — read the full passage →

Psalms 13:1–6

How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? — read the full passage →

Genesis 9:3

Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you.

Genesis 1:28

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.”

Philippians 1:21

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Psalms 9:1–10:18

I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works. — read the full passage →

Genesis 9:1–29

God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. — read the full passage →

Genesis 2:19

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.

2 Corinthians 5:21

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Romans 8:6

For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

Matthew 25:46

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Isaiah 65:24–25

It shall happen that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. — read the full passage →

1 Peter 1:3–5

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, — read the full passage →

1 Thessalonians 4:13

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

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