Wherefore

Job 12:7, 8
But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you. . . .

Job 17:4, 10
You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them. . . .

Psalm 73:22
I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.

Ecclesiastes 3:18
I said to myself, "As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts."

Romans 12:10
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.