Taking Care Of Animals

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

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

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.

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?

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?

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

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

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

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:

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 →

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 →

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

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.

If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: — read the full passage →

But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.

For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

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

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

These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. — read the full passage →

And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?

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.

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 →

And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.

The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

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

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. — read the full passage →

Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.

And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. — read the full passage →

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. — 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. — read the full passage →

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.

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.

If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

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:

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

O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. — read the full passage →

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

And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. — read the full passage →

So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. — read the full passage →

Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

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. — read the full passage →

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.

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

For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?

And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. — read the full passage →

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; — read the full passage →

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 thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. — read the full passage →

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; — read the full passage →

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

When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

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

For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.

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 →

Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.

But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

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. — read the full passage →

And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. — read the full passage →

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.

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:

These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. — read the full passage →

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: — read the full passage →

Then said the Lord, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.