13 Bible Verses about Caring For Animals
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A righteous person cares for the life of his animal, but even the most compassionate acts of the wicked are cruel.
Then God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth."
Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds,
Aren't two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father's will.
The Lord God took the man and placed him in the orchard in Eden to care for it and to maintain it.
For every wild animal in the forest belongs to me, as well as the cattle that graze on a thousand hills. I keep track of every bird in the hills, and the insects of the field are mine.
Then he said to them, "Which of you, if you have a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?"
Look at the birds in the sky: They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you more valuable than they are? And which of you by worrying can add even one hour to his life? Why do you worry about clothing? Think about how the flowers of the field grow; they do not work or spin.read more.
Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these! And if this is how God clothes the wild grass, which is here today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, won't he clothe you even more, you people of little faith?
Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.
"'For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out.
