Bible Verses About Hunting

I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.

And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.

Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.

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

Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;

The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.

Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.

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

And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.

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.

One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.

The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.

The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.

Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

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.

Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.

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.

The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

For the Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

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

Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.

Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.

These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

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?

Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.

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

Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.