Deuteronomy 22:6
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6 “If you come on a bird’s nest, in any tree or on the ground, with fledglings or eggs, with the mother sitting on the fledglings or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young.(A)
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Leviticus 22:28
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28 But you shall not slaughter, from the herd or the flock, an animal with its young on the same day.(A)
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Proverbs 12:10
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10 The righteous know the needs of their animals,
but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.(A)
Luke 12:6
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6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God’s sight.
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Genesis 8:17
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17 Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh—birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—so that they may abound on the earth and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”(A)
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Hosea 10:14
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14 therefore the tumult of war shall rise against your people,
and all your fortresses shall be destroyed,
as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle,
when mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.(A)
Genesis 32:11
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11 Deliver me, please, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him; he may come and kill us all, the mothers with the children.(A)
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