Eating Meat

Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. — read the full passage →

And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, — read the full passage →

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.

It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.

Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. — read the full passage →

Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

When the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. — read the full passage →

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; — read the full passage →

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. — read the full passage →

Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.

Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: — read the full passage →

I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; — read the full passage →

Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, — read the full passage →

On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: — read the full passage →

It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.

On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: — read the full passage →

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.

And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. — read the full passage →

For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. — read the full passage →

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. — read the full passage →

For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.

As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.

Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. — read the full passage →

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. — read the full passage →

Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. — read the full passage →

Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.

That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the Lord.

And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

And certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. — read the full passage →

And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.

Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof:

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.

And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;

Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: — read the full passage →

And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. — read the full passage →

Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, — read the full passage →

As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. — read the full passage →

Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. — read the full passage →

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. — read the full passage →

And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.

Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. — read the full passage →

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.