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The 13 most-voted verses about animals having a soul, from 7 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.

Ecclesiastes 3:19 (BSB)

For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.

Ecclesiastes 3:19 (KJV)

For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals, for all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 3:19 (WEB)

Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?

Ecclesiastes 3:21 (BSB)

Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

Ecclesiastes 3:21 (KJV)

Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?”

Ecclesiastes 3:21 (WEB)

And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:24 (BSB)

¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

Genesis 1:24 (KJV)

God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;” and it was so.

Genesis 1:24 (WEB)

And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:30 (BSB)

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein [there is] life, [I have given] every green herb for meat: and it was so.

Genesis 1:30 (KJV)

To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;” and it was so.

Genesis 1:30 (WEB)

The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.

Job 12:10 (BSB)

In whose hand [is] the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

Job 12:10 (KJV)

in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?

Job 12:10 (WEB)

Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.

Psalm 74:19 (BSB)

O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude [of the wicked:] forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

Psalm 74:19 (KJV)

Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.

Psalm 74:19 (WEB)

A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.

Proverbs 12:10 (BSB)

A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.

Proverbs 12:10 (KJV)

A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Proverbs 12:10 (WEB)

The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.

Isaiah 65:25 (BSB)

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.

Isaiah 65:25 (KJV)

The wolf and the lamb will feed together. The lion will eat straw like the ox. Dust will be the serpent’s food. They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain,” says the LORD.

Isaiah 65:25 (WEB)

And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever and ever!”

Revelation 5:13 (BSB)

And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, [be] unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

Revelation 5:13 (KJV)

I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!”

Revelation 5:13 (WEB)

Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

Genesis 2:7 (BSB)

And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Genesis 2:7 (KJV)

The LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Genesis 2:7 (WEB)

They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.

Genesis 7:15 (BSB)

And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life.

Genesis 7:15 (KJV)

Pairs from all flesh with the breath of life in them went into the ship to Noah.

Genesis 7:15 (WEB)

Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!

Psalm 150:6 (BSB)

Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

Psalm 150:6 (KJV)

Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!

Psalm 150:6 (WEB)

before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 (BSB)

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 (KJV)

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 (WEB)

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