Bible Verses About Compassion for Animals

And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.

This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:

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 God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

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

But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

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.

But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.

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:

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

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?

He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.

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.

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

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.

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

Thus saith the Lord my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;

It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.

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.

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

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?

Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?