Animal Cruelty

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

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.

If you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it.

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

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

The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.

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.”

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

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?

“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.