15 Interesting Facts about Donkey

1. Excellent Memory
Amazing fact is that donkeys are capable of remembering a place they have been to or other donkeys
they met 25 years ago!
John 14:26 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
26 But the Helper will teach you everything and cause you to remember all that I told you. This Helper is the

Holy Spirit that the Father will send in my name.

2. Huge Ear
A donkey is capable of hearing another donkey from a distance of 60 miles in proper desert conditions.
This is possible because of their large ears which also help to keep their body cool in hot and arid desert
conditions.
Romans 10:17 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
17 So faith comes from hearing the Good News. And people hear the Good News when someone tells them

about Christ.
3. Not Adventurous
Amazingly a donkey will never get involved in an activity if it considers unsafe. In case they sense
something wrong while traveling, they will simply not move ahead and will start digging in their heels giving an
impression that they are stubborn.
Proverbs 22:3 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
3 Wise people see trouble coming and get out of its way, but fools go straight to it and suffer for it.

4. Capacity to make decision

When you hear something think it carefully means mind your own business, Compared to horses,
donkeys are capable of independent thinking and decision making ensuring their safety.
Ecclesiastes 1:15 English Standard Version (ESV)
15 What is crooked cannot be made straight,

and what is lacking cannot be counted.

Proverbs 14:15 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
15 Fools believe every word they hear, but wise people think carefully about everything.

5. Afraid of Rain
Donkeys hate rain. Their coat is not waterproof and staying out in rain for a long period actually
damages their health.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 English Standard Version (ESV)
19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You

are not your own, 20 for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
6. They don’t take a bath
Donkeys in a herd will groom each other in the same way as monkeys and chimps do.
Luke 6:31 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
31 Do for others what you want them to do for you.

7. They know to be contented

Donkeys enjoy rolling on ground. This is in fact their favorite pastime. They enjoy what they have.
Ecclesiastes 5:19 English Standard Version (ESV)
19 Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his

lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God.

8. Fellowship with others
They don’t like to be alone, because if we alone the enemy can easily attack.
Matthew 18:20 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
20 Yes, if two or three people are together believing in me, I am there with them.”
 Matthew 21:1-11 English Standard Version (ESV)
The Triumphal Entry

21 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent
two disciples,
2 saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt
` with her. Untie them and bring them to me.
3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.”
4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,
5 “Say to the daughter of Zion,
‘Behold, your king is coming to you,
humble, and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt,[a] the foal of a beast of burden.’”
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.
7 They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them.
8 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them
on the road.
9 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of
David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
10 And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”
11 And the crowds said, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”

Be like a Donkey
2 Our God gives you everything you need, makes you everything you're to be.
2 Thessalonians 1:2

Numbers 22:28 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

28 Then the LORD caused the donkey to speak. The donkey said to Balaam, “Why are you angry at me? What
have I done to you? You have hit me three times!”
Mark 16:15 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
15 He said to them, “Go everywhere in the world. Tell the Good News to everyone.
Mark 5:19Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
19 ButJesus did not allow the man to go. He said, “Go home to your family and friends. Tell them about all that
the Lord did for you. Tell them how the Lord was good to you.”
2 Peter 1:10 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
10 My brothers and sisters, God called you and chose you to be his. Do your best to live in a way that shows
you really are God’s called and chosen people. If you do all this, you will never fall.

Devotion Verse
Galatians 5:1 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
Keep Your Freedom
5 We have freedom now, because Christ made us free. So stand strong in that freedom. Don’t go back into
slavery again.