- “And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.” – Genesis 1:25 (ESV)
“And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.”
- “How many are your works, Lord! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.” – Psalm 104:24 (NIV)
“How many are your works, Lord! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.”
- “Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?” – Matthew 6:26 (ESV)
“Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?”
- “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.” – Matthew 10:29 (ESV)
“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.”
- “Ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you.” – Job 12:7 (NIV)
“Ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you.”
- “Look at the crows: they do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!” – Luke 12:24 (NIV)
“Look at the crows: they do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!”
- “Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.” – Luke 12:6 (NIV)
“Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.”
- “As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.” – Genesis 9:7 (NIV)
“As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”
- “The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made.” – Psalm 145:9 (NIV)
“The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made.”
- “And God said, ‘Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.’ And it was so.” – Genesis 1:24 (ESV)
“And God said, ‘Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.’ And it was so.”
- “Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?” – Matthew 6:26 (ESV)
“Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?”
- “But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you.” – Job 12:7 (NIV)
“But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you.”
- “Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.” – Genesis 9:3 (ESV)
“Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.”
- “Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.” – Psalm 84:3 (ESV)
“Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.”
- “The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.” – Psalm 145:9 (ESV)
“The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.”
- “The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered.” – Genesis 9:2 (ESV)
“The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered.”
- “Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.” – Proverbs 6:6 (ESV)
“Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.”
- “The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain,” says the Lord.” – Isaiah 65:25 (ESV)
“The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain,” says the Lord.”
- “He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.” – Psalm 147:9 (ESV)
“He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.”
- “In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.” – Job 12:10 (ESV)
“In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.”
- “He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.” – Psalm 147:4 (ESV)
“He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.”
- “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein,” – Psalm 24:1 (ESV)
“The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein,”
- “For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.” – Psalm 50:10 (ESV)
“For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.”
- “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!” – Psalm 150:6 (ESV)
“Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!”
- “But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;” – Job 12:7 (ESV)
“But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;”
- “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.” – Matthew 10:29 (ESV)
“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.”
- “He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.” – Psalm 147:9 (ESV)
“He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.”
- “Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?” – Matthew 6:26 (ESV)
“Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?”
- “I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild beasts from the land, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.” – Ezekiel 34:25 (ESV)
“I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild beasts from the land, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.”
- “The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them.” – Isaiah 11:6 (ESV)
“The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them.”
These verses illustrate the divine care and wisdom in the creation of all creatures, big and small, and remind us of our responsibility to appreciate and care for them.
