12 Bible Verses about Animals, Care For
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And God said to Noah and to his sons with him, "As for me, behold, I am establishing my covenant with you and with your seed after you, and with every living creature that [is] with you--the birds, the animals, and every animal of the earth with you, from all [that] came out of the ark to all the animals of the earth.
And God remembered Noah and all the wild animals, and all the domesticated animals that [were] with him in the ark. And God caused a wind to blow over the earth, and the waters subsided.
But Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, and not a thing will die from all [that belongs] to the {Israelites}.'" And Yahweh set an appointed time, saying, "Tomorrow Yahweh will do this thing in the land." And Yahweh did this thing the next day; all the livestock of Egypt died, but from the livestock of the {Israelites} not one died.
for thus says Yahweh, 'You will see neither wind nor rain, yet this wadi will be full of water; and you and all of your livestock and your animals shall drink.'
For your covenant [will be] with the stones of the field, and the wild animals of the field will be at peace with you.
"Can you hunt prey for [the] lion? And can you satisfy [the] hunger of strong lions when they are crouched in the dens, [when] they lie in the thicket in an ambush? Who prepares for the crow its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, [and] they wander around {for lack of food}?
"Do you know [the] time when [the] goats of [the] rocks give birth? Do you observe [the] doe deer's giving birth? Can you number [the] months they fulfill, and do you know [the] time of its giving birth? When they crouch, they bring forth their young ones; they get rid of their labor pains.read more.
Their young ones grow strong; they grow up in the open; they go forth and do not return to them. "Who has sent forth [the] wild ass free? And who has released [the] wild donkey's bonds, [to] which I have given [the] wilderness [as] its house and [the] salt flat [as] its dwelling place? It scorns [the] city's turmoil; it does not hear [the] driver's shouts. It explores [the] mountains [as] its pasture and searches after every kind of green plant. "Is [the] wild ox willing to serve you, or will he spend the night at your feeding trough? Can you tie [the] wild ox [with] its rope to a furrow, or will it harrow [the] valleys after you? Can you trust it because its strength [is] great, or will you hand your labor over to it? Can you rely on it that it will return your grain and [that] it will gather [it] to your threshing floor? "[The] wings of [the] female ostrich flap-- [are they] [the] pinions of [the] stork or [the] falcon? Indeed, it leaves its eggs to the earth, and it lets [them] be warmed on [the] ground, and it forgets that a foot might crush an egg, and {a wild animal} might trample it. It deals cruelly with its young ones, as [if] [they were] not its [own], as [if] without fear [that] its labor [were] in vain, because God made it forget wisdom, and he did not give it a share in understanding. When it spreads its wings {aloft}, it laughs at the horse and its rider. "Do you give power to the horse? Do you clothe its neck [with] a mane? Do you make it leap like the locust? [The] majesty of its snorting [is] terrifying. They paw in the valley, and it exults with strength; it goes out to meet [the] battle. It laughs at danger and is not dismayed, and it does not turn back from {before} [the] sword. Upon it [the] quiver rattles [along with] [the] flash of [the] spear and [the] short sword. With roar and rage {it races over the ground}, and it cannot stand still at [the] sound of [the] horn. {Whenever} a horn [sounds], it says, 'Aha!' And it smells [the] battle from a distance-- [the] thunder of [the] commanders and [the] war cry. "Does [the] hawk soar by your wisdom? Does it spread its wings to [the] south? Or does [the] eagle fly high at your command and construct its nest high? It lives [on the] rock and spends the night {on the rock point and the mountain stronghold}. From there it spies out [the] prey; its eyes look from far away. And its young ones lick blood greedily, and where [the] dead carcasses [are], there they [are]."
You make darkness, and it is night, when all [the] animals of the forest creep about. The young lions [are] roaring for the prey and seeking their food from God.
The righteous knows the life of his animal, but the compassion of the wicked is cruel.
Do not fear, wild animals of [the] field, because [the] pastures of [the] desert have put forth new green shoots, because [the] tree has produced its fruit, [the] fig tree and [the] vine have yielded their produce.
And should I not be concerned about Nineveh, the great city, {in which there are} more {than one hundred and twenty thousand} people who do not know right from left, plus many animals?"
