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The 14 most-voted verses about taking care of animals, from 9 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

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)

Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;

Proverbs 27:23 (BSB)

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.

Proverbs 27:23 (KJV)

Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds,

Proverbs 27:23 (WEB)

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”

Genesis 1:26 (BSB)

¶ 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.

Genesis 1:26 (KJV)

God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Genesis 1:26 (WEB)

Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

Matthew 6:26 (BSB)

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?

Matthew 6:26 (KJV)

See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?

Matthew 6:26 (WEB)

Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

Genesis 2:15 (BSB)

And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

Genesis 2:15 (KJV)

The LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

Genesis 2:15 (WEB)

Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.

Deuteronomy 25:4 (BSB)

¶ Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the corn].

Deuteronomy 25:4 (KJV)

You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.

Deuteronomy 25:4 (WEB)

So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”

Jonah 4:11 (BSB)

And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and [also] much cattle?

Jonah 4:11 (KJV)

Shouldn’t I be concerned for Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons who can’t discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also many animals?”

Jonah 4:11 (WEB)

Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

Luke 12:6 (BSB)

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?

Luke 12:6 (KJV)

“Aren’t five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.

Luke 12:6 (WEB)

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.

Exodus 20:10 (BSB)

But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:

Exodus 20:10 (KJV)

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;

Exodus 20:10 (WEB)

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.

Matthew 10:29 (BSB)

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

Matthew 10:29 (KJV)

“Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.

Matthew 10:29 (WEB)

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

Genesis 1:28 (BSB)

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Genesis 1:28 (KJV)

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Genesis 1:28 (WEB)

but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.

Exodus 23:11 (BSB)

But the seventh [year] thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, [and] with thy oliveyard.

Exodus 23:11 (KJV)

but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animal of the field shall eat. In the same way, you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.

Exodus 23:11 (WEB)

He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.

Psalm 147:9 (BSB)

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

Psalm 147:9 (KJV)

He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.

Psalm 147:9 (WEB)

All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,

James 3:7 (BSB)

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:

James 3:7 (KJV)

For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and sea creature is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind;

James 3:7 (WEB)

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