Anyone know any bible passages against animal expolitation?

Answer 1

“A Noah’s Ark story. No matter whether we view it as historical fact or myth, the writer makes clear that the god of Judaism and Christianity cares deeply about animals. Food for thought."
I hope the above alone helps.
The examples below are optional.

“In the Bible, by contrast (to Cartesian thought), value and redemption extend not only to humans but to all animals.” Greenway also points to the fact that, in Genesis, God repeatedly declares that creation is good. He continues, “We often overlook what God then says to the man and woman: ‘See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food." The passage concludes, “and indeed, it was very good.’

The message is startlingly clear: we were given plants and fruits for food, and so were all the other animals who have "the breath of life" in them. Not only are all the creatures of the earth proclaimed to be pleasing to God, but (we are not) given other animals to eat.”


Even the Ten Commandments-specifically mentions that cattle and donkeys must not be worked on the Sabbath. In the twenty-third chapter of Exodus, several animal-protection statutes are given by the Lord to Moses: “The seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it, thou shalt not do any work, nor thy ox, nor thine ***, nor any of thy cattle…Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine *** may rest” (Exodus 20;10, 23:12; Deuteronomy 5:13).Similarly, in Leviticus (25:4-7) and Exodus (23) the Lord commands that what grows naturally in the fields left fallow in the seventh year shall be for one's servants "and for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land."
The Bible clearly decrees that cruelty to domestic animals is forbidden. The ox, we are also told, is entitled to the fruit of its labor: "Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn" (Deuteronomy 25:4). Moreover, Deuteronomy 22:10 tells us "Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an *** together," suggesting that pairing animals of different sizes and strengths would cause a conflict and would place a strain on the weaker of them or perhaps on both.

The books of Exodus (22:29) and Leviticus (22:27-28) require that a newborn animal remain with its mother for the first week of its life before being sacrificed, so that the young creature can have at least seven days of warmth and nourishment from its mother. And “ye shall not kill it and its young both in one day,”

"One would think that Christianity in particular, which preaches love, compassion, justice and mercy, would speak with a very loud voice indeed. But Christian institutions have been extremely quiet when it comes to issues like animal rights, which in effect, condones the abuse. It appears that love, compassion, justice and mercy are reserved for humans alone – a stance which many Christians are happy to confirm.

Such is the case with the Roman Catholic Church. This gigantic institution, which has the potential to do so much good in the world, officially teaches (as outlined in The Catholic Encyclopaedia - see endnote vii) that, whilst wanton cruelty to animals is not to be encouraged because it harms the perpetrator (that much is true), animals are nevertheless classed as “things”(objects) and therefore have no rights."

Answer 2

I'm not sure what expolitation is, but you should check out:


Matthew 6:26
Psalm 104:25-30
Deuteronomy 5:12-15

Answer 3

" And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. "

... comes to mind. And ...

" For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written..."

Is that enough?

There's quite a lot about human exploitation though. Would you be interested in that at all?



Edit :

Good one colmfive !

Consensual conduct with beings that are not sentient. Hmmm...

You can do anything as long as it is consensual. No standards at all as long as it is consensual.

Good one.

Even better than Wize woman who says God slaying all that breathes and preserving only those in the ark somehow is a passage against animal exploitation. Phew !

It's amazing what people come up with on here.

I think I will have to go for a lie down.

Answer 4

This discussion goes on and on...i agree with poster "wise woman", this Bible text is exactly the way i see it. Beautifully written. Although I don't know about the Catholic Church as is written at the end. I do know St Francis of Assisi is the patron st of animals. I also know animals were with us from the beginning and will be with us for eternity..
The poster( jo fo)...this part of scripture is after the fall of man, wise woman has given scripture from the beginning of God's word...

Answer 5

In Genesis, story of Creation, the 7 days version, not the Adam and Eve one, we are told that God put human beings in stewardship of all living things, that implies a duty of care to animals, not an invitation to do what you like.

Answer 6

i am a vegetarian and so won' hurt animals. i agree with a few of the answerers who said that dominion means that we shouldn't harm animals - anything that won't hurt them is ok by me as long as its consensual.

I don't get what jofo is getting at complainjng to me... god gave us dominion over animals - which means that we do what we wnat with them - as long as we don't hurt them. rather like a parent.
I do things with my springer spaniel that maybe jofo doesn't approve of - but i'm not hurting him or anyone else. THAT's what i mean by consensual

Answer 7

Do you really need a quote from the bible to tell you how to treat an anminal? Do you have any common sense? Any humanitarian feelings? Any compassion? Any logic? Are you human?

Answer 8

...and God gave man dominion over the whole earth, over every plant of the field and every animal that crawls... With that authority came a responsibility to preserve, protect, and care for them.

Answer 9

Somebody gave me a copy of this book last year. Not saying that I agree with all of it....but it was an interesting argument from Scripture.

Answer 10

not too sure. But my brothers catholic priest once spoke out against even McD's saying an it was disrespectful to the animal that died to feed you.