animals going to heaven
What does the Bible say about animals going to heaven? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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6The wolf will dwell with the lamb; and the leopard will lie down with the kid; the calf and the lion and the sheep will abide together; and a little boy will drive them. 7The calf and the bear will feed together; their young ones will rest together. And the lion will eat straw like the ox. 8And a breastfeeding infant will play above the lair of the asp. And a child who has been weaned will thrust his hand into the den of the king snake. 9They will not harm, and they will not kill, on all my holy mountain. For the earth has been filled with the knowledge of the Lord, like the waters covering the sea.
25The wolf and the lamb will pasture together. The lion and the ox will eat hay. And dust will be the food of the serpent. They will not harm, and they will not kill, on all my holy mountain, says the Lord.
6And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.”
13And every creature that is in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, and all that is within the sea: I heard them all saying: “To the One sitting upon the throne and to the Lamb be blessing, and honor, and glory, and authority, forever and ever.”
7Your justice is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are a great abyss. Men and beasts, you will save, O Lord.
11And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And he who was sitting upon it was called Faithful and True. And with justice does he judge and fight.
10In his hand is the soul of all the living and the spirit of all the flesh of mankind.
6The wolf will dwell with the lamb; and the leopard will lie down with the kid; the calf and the lion and the sheep will abide together; and a little boy will drive them.
10The just one knows the lives of his beasts. But the inner most parts of the impious are cruel.
30and for all the animals of the land, and for all the flying things of the air, and for everything that moves upon the earth and in which there is a living soul, so that they may have these on which to feed.” And so it became.
18I said in my heart, about the sons of men, that God would test them, and reveal them to be like wild animals. 19For this reason, the passing away of man and of beasts is one, and the condition of both is equal. For as a man dies, so also do they die. All things breathe similarly, and man has nothing more than beast; for all these are subject to vanity. 20And all things continue on to one place; for from the earth they were made, and unto the earth they shall return together.
7In truth, ask the mules, and they will teach you, and the birds of the sky, and they will reveal to you. 8Speak with the earth, and it will respond to you, and the fish of the sea will explain. 9Who is ignorant that the hand of the Lord has made all these things? 10In his hand is the soul of all the living and the spirit of all the flesh of mankind.
29Are not two sparrows sold for one small coin? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father.
25And God made the wild beasts of the earth according to their species, and the cattle, and every animal on the land, according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.