Mans Role Regarding Animals

And 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 fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. — read the full passage →

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

Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. — read the full passage →

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

And 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 fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

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?

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: — read the full passage →

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

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

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. — read the full passage →

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. — read the full passage →

And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.

But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?

And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.

Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.

If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. — read the full passage →

Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: — read the full passage →

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? — read the full passage →

I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. — read the full passage →

But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; — read the full passage →

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

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

And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, — read the full passage →

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, saith the Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.

He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. — read the full passage →

How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? — read the full passage →

Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:

For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.

Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.

For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.

In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.

And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.

What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: