Eating Shellfish

And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination unto you,

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. — read the full passage →

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.

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

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

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

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

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 →

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.

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

And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. But that which is becoming old and waxeth aged is nigh unto vanishing away.

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:

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

Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed: neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together.

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure of faith.

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.

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:

Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.

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

and they shall be an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses ye shall have in abomination.

Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that is an abomination unto you.

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

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

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 →

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

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray,

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire. — read the full passage →

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

These ye may eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales may ye eat;

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.

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 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 →

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

And the swine, because he parteth the hoof but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you: of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch.

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.

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.

For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

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;

Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

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.

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

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

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

and whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat; it is unclean unto you.

And every beast that parteth the hoof, and hath the hoof cloven in two, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.

to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.

And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you.

Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? shall I then take away the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid. — read the full passage →

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.

every raven after its kind,

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; — read the full passage →

For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; — read the full passage →

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.

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,

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

For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature: — read the full passage →

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

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

This is the law of the beast, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth;

even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.

Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

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: — read the full passage →

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

Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil. — 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.

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

Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah.

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

Of all clean birds ye may eat.

Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare, and the coney; because they chew the cud but part not the hoof, they are unclean unto you.

And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, and it ye shall break.

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

the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the chamois.

These are the beasts which ye may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.

and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind,

And Jehovah spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,

and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite after its kind,

And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even.

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,

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

the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl,

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.

and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind,

and every raven after its kind,

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

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. — read the full passage →

and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

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:

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

having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; that he might create in himself of the two one new man, so making peace;

For I am Jehovah that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.