Mans Role Regarding Animals

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

You shall not see your brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide yourself from them. You shall surely bring them again to your brother. — read the full passage →

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

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.”

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.

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?

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

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

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

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.”

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!”

You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

“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.

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

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 →

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines out. — read the full passage →

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.

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

In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle out of the land, and will make them lie down safely.

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 the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;

Yahweh God made coats of animal skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.

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,

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that moves along the ground, and all the fish of the sea, are delivered into your hand.

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

Shouldn’t I be concerned for Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons who can’t discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much livestock?”

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

You shall not see your brother’s donkey or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide yourself from them. You shall surely help him to lift them up again.

“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again. — read the full passage →

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

Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; — read the full passage →

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.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

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

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; — read the full passage →

but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him, and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him like a daughter.

The young lady’s father shall tell the elders, “I gave my daughter to this man as his wife, and he hates her.

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.

“As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you, — read the full passage →

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

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

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 →

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us, — read the full passage →

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

An oracle. Yahweh’s word concerning Israel. Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says:

After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will bear their iniquities.

everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.’”

If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.

Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

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

then the young lady’s father and mother shall take and bring the tokens of the young lady’s virginity to the elders of the city in the gate.

for true and righteous are his judgments. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.”

Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, 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, yes, I will recompense into their bosom,

It is not for kings, Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to say, ‘Where is strong drink?’

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

If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don’t leave him, you shall surely help him with it.

neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.

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.

God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”

God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.

because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.

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 →

even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,

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

Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen. ’

“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all the surrounding peoples, and on Judah also will it be in the siege against Jerusalem.

For their mother has played the prostitute. She who conceived them has done shamefully; for she said, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’

For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no good looks or majesty. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.

Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.

He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.

The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines out.

He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn’t abhor evil.

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.

He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?

For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.

He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

“But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; the birds of the sky, and they shall tell you.

In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.

Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.

A traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man who had come to him, but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man who had come to him.”

When you build a new house, then you shall make a railing around your roof, so that you don’t bring blood on your house if anyone falls from there.

So you shall do with his donkey. So you shall do with his garment. So you shall do with every lost thing of your brother’s, which he has lost, and you have found. You may not hide yourself.

If your brother isn’t near to you, or if you don’t know him, then you shall bring it home to your house, and it shall be with you until your brother comes looking for it, and you shall restore it to him.

Whatever man there is of the house of Israel, who kills a bull, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp,

“You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: