Eating Meat

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

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. — read the full passage →

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

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

One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs.

It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth.

because it goeth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into the draught? This he said, making all meats clean.

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

But food will not commend us to God: neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.

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

Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble.

Let not him that eateth set at nought him that eateth not; and let not him that eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.

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

When Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul desireth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul.

that ye abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, it shall be well with you. Fare ye well.

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

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →

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

Ye shall not eat anything with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantments, nor practise augury.

Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat, asking no question for conscience’ sake;

Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh: — read the full passage →

I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: save that to him who accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

He that killeth an ox is as he that slayeth a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as he that breaketh a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as he that offereth swine’s blood; he that burneth frankincense, as he that blesseth 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 a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day:

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.

and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food: and it was so.

for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

but that we write unto them, that they abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

Nowthere wasa certain man in Cæsarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, — read the full passage →

Now on the morrow, as they were 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 throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood.

Now on the morrow, as they were 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 living things which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.

And a voice came unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean.

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

for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

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

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

And the wolf 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 →

Overthrow not for meat’s sake the work of God. All things indeed are clean; howbeit it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou mayest give it unto the sojourner that is within thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner: for thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.

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

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the 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 each man be fully assured in his own mind.

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

Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one.

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love 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 food for you; as the green herb have I given you all. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

And certain men came down from Judæa and taught the brethren, saying, Except ye be circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved. — read the full passage →

And the swine, because he parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you.

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

All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination unto you.

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

But he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith; and whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, eat not, for his sake that showed it, and for conscience’ sake:

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples.

And Noah builded an altar unto Jehovah, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar.

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

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

Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, 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 them, who taketh in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. — read the full passage →

And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances, — read the full passage →

as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;

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

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

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

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

because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be:

Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious 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 the food, and the body than the raiment?

And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not 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 part the hoof: the camel, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you. — read the full passage →

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

Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no 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.

One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that 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 Jehovah had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

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

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

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

Howbeit there is not in all men that knowledge: but some, being used until now to the idol, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.

and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture,

Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not 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 king’s dainties, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.