13 Bible Verses about Caring For Animals

The righteous knows the life of his animal, but the compassion of the wicked is cruel.

And God said, "Let us make humankind in our image and according to our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of heaven, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every moving thing that moves upon the earth."

"You shall not muzzle an ox {when he is threshing}.

You will surely know the {condition} of your flock; your heart attends to the herds.

"But ask [the] animals, and they will teach you, and the birds of the heaven, and they will tell you;

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And one of them will not fall to the ground {without the knowledge and consent} of your Father.

And Yahweh God took the man and set him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and to keep it.

because every animal of the forest is mine, [the] cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird of [the] mountains, and [every] moving creature in [the] field [is] mine.

And he said to them, "Who among you, [if your] son or [your] ox falls into a well on the day of the Sabbath, will not immediately pull him out?"

Consider the birds of the sky, that they do not sow or reap or gather [produce] into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than they [are]? And who among you, [by] being anxious, is able to add one hour to his life span? And why are you anxious about clothing? Observe the lilies of the field, how they grow: they do not toil or spin,read more.
but I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory was dressed like one of these. But if God dresses the grass of the field in this way, [although it] is [here] today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not [do so] much more [for] you, you of little faith?

He will feed his flock like a shepherd; he will gather [the] lambs in his arm, and he will carry [them] in his bosom; he will lead those who nurse.

"You shall not plow with an ox and with a donkey [yoked] together.

" 'For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I, even I, will seek my flock, and I will look after them,