Vegetarianism

Right <FI>it is<Fi> not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to <FI>do anything<Fi> in which thy brother doth stumble, or is made to fall, or is weak.

Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;

And God saith, `Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which <FI>is<Fi> upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food;

And God saith, `Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which <FI>is<Fi> upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food; — read the full passage →

And a wolf hath sojourned with a lamb, And a leopard with a kid doth lie down, And calf, and young lion, and fatling <FI>are<Fi> together, And a little youth is leader over them. — read the full passage →

and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which <FI>is<Fi> breath of life, every green herb <FI>is<Fi> for food:' and it is so.

And Daniel purposeth in his heart that he will not pollute himself with the king's portion of food, and with the wine of his drinking, and he seeketh of the chief of the eunuchs that he may not pollute himself. — read the full passage →

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings; — read the full passage →

one doth believe that he may eat all things--and he who is weak doth eat herbs; — read the full passage →

Wolf and lamb do feed as one, And a lion as an ox eateth straw, As to the serpent--dust <FI>is<Fi> its food, They do no evil, nor destroy, In all My holy mountain, said Jehovah!

forbidding to marry--to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging the truth, — read the full passage →

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

Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,

Better <FI>is<Fi> an allowance of green herbs and love there, Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it.

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

wherefore, if victuals cause my brother to stumble, I may eat no flesh--to the age--that my brother I may not cause to stumble.

only flesh in its life--its blood--ye do not eat.

`Try, I pray thee, thy servants, ten days; and they give to us of the vegetables, and we eat, and water, and we drink; — read the full passage →

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings; — read the full passage →

But victuals do not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, — read the full passage →

not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'

He who is regarding the day, to the Lord he doth regard <FI>it<Fi> , and he who is not regarding the day, to the Lord he doth not regard <FI>it<Fi> . He who is eating, to the Lord he doth eat, for he doth give thanks to God; and he who is not eating, to the Lord he doth not eat, and doth give thanks to God.

`Thou dost not eat any abominable thing; — read the full passage →

And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, lo, my soul is not defiled, and carcase, and torn thing, I have not eaten from my youth, even till now; nor come into my mouth hath abominable flesh.'

Whatever in the meat-market is sold eat ye, not inquiring, because of the conscience, — read the full passage →

And cow and bear do feed, Together lie down their young ones, And a lion as an ox eateth straw.

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

in the midst of its broad place, and of the river on this side and on that, <FI>is<Fi> a tree of life, yielding twelve fruits, in each several month rendering its fruits, and the leaves of the tree <FI>are<Fi> for the service of the nations;

one doth believe that he may eat all things--and he who is weak doth eat herbs;

and they gave to him part of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb, — read the full passage →

The righteous knoweth the life of his beast, And the mercies of the wicked <FI>are<Fi> cruel.

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart, — read the full passage →

`Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Any fat of ox and sheep and goat ye do not eat; — read the full passage →

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, — read the full passage →

and there came a voice unto him: `Having risen, Peter, slay and eat.' — read the full passage →

Butter and honey he doth eat, When he knoweth to refuse evil, and to fix on good.

because every creature of God <FI>is<Fi> good, and nothing <FI>is<Fi> to be rejected, with thanksgiving being received,

let not him who is eating despise him who is not eating: and let not him who is not eating judge him who is eating, for God did receive him.

at which having looked stedfastly, I was considering, and I saw the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of heaven; — read the full passage →

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, come hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and layeth siege against it; — read the full passage →

And by the stream there cometh up on its edge, on this side and on that side, every <FI>kind of<Fi> fruit-tree whose leaf fadeth not, and not consumed is its fruit, according to its months it yieldeth first-fruits, because its waters from the sanctuary are coming forth; and its fruits hath been for food, and its leaf for medicine.

for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, <FI>are<Fi> pure, but evil <FI>is<Fi> to the man who is eating through stumbling. — read the full passage →

After these things did Jesus manifest himself again to the disciples on the sea of Tiberias, and he did manifest himself thus: — read the full passage →

and at the end of ten days their appearance hath appeared better and fatter in flesh then any of the lads who are eating the king's portion of food.

`Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, This <FI>is<Fi> the beast which ye do eat out of all the beasts which <FI>are<Fi> on the earth:

Whoso slaughtereth the ox smiteth a man, Whoso sacrificeth the lamb beheadeth a dog, Whoso is bringing up a present--The blood of a sow, Whoso is making mention of frankincense, Is blessing iniquity. Yea, they have fixed on their own ways, And in their abominations their soul hath delighted.

`A statute age-during to your generations in all your dwellings: any fat or any blood ye do not eat.'

And God saith, `Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which <FI>is<Fi> upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food; — read the full passage →

Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths, — read the full passage →

`Try, I pray thee, thy servants, ten days; and they give to us of the vegetables, and we eat, and water, and we drink;

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

forbidding to marry--to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging the truth,

`Sons ye <FI>are<Fi> to Jehovah your God; ye do not cut yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead; — read the full passage →

and your fear and your dread is on every beast of the earth, and on every fowl of the heavens, on all that creepeth on the ground, and on all fishes of the sea--into your hand they have been given. — read the full passage →

and he became very hungry, and wished to eat; and they making ready, there fell upon him a trance, — read the full passage →

And on the first of the sabbaths, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bearing the spices they made ready, and certain <FI>others<Fi> with them, — read the full passage →

Honour me doth the beast of the field, Dragons and daughters of an ostrich, For I have given in a wilderness waters, Floods in a desolate place, To give drink to My people--My chosen.

And yet, ask, I pray thee, <FI>One of<Fi> the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee. — read the full passage →

And the sons of Israel journey and encamp in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan, <FI>by<Fi> Jericho. — read the full passage →

And there was a certain man in Caesarea, by name Cornelius, a centurion from a band called Italian, — read the full passage →

And Daniel purposeth in his heart that he will not pollute himself with the king's portion of food, and with the wine of his drinking, and he seeketh of the chief of the eunuchs that he may not pollute himself.

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings; — read the full passage →

And on the morrow, as these are proceeding on the way, and are drawing nigh to the city, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour, — read the full passage →

And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth; — read the full passage →

and thorn and bramble it doth bring forth to thee, and thou hast eaten the herb of the field;

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.' — read the full passage →

to abstain from things offered to idols, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom; from which keeping yourselves, ye shall do well; be strong!'

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

and while they are not believing from the joy, and wondering, he said to them, `Have ye anything here to eat?' — read the full passage →

`And thou, take to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and spelt, and thou hast put them in one vessel, and made them to thee for bread; the number of the days that thou art lying on thy side--three hundred and ninety days--thou dost eat it.

Praise ye Jehovah from the earth, Dragons and all deeps, — read the full passage →

Thy righteousness <FI>is<Fi> as mountains of God, Thy judgments <FI>are<Fi> a great deep. Man and beast Thou savest, O Jehovah. — read the full passage →

And Elijah saith to the prophets of Baal, `Choose for you the one bullock, and prepare first, for ye <FI>are<Fi> the multitude, and call ye in the name of your god, and place no fire.' — read the full passage →

And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth; — read the full passage →

I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning;

If, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances? — read the full passage →

I have known, and am persuaded, in the Lord Jesus, that nothing <FI>is<Fi> unclean of itself, except to him who is reckoning anything to be unclean--to that one <FI>it is<Fi> unclean;

`I am the good shepherd, and I know my <FI>sheep<Fi> , and am known by mine,

because it doth not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and into the drain it doth go out, purifying all the meats.'

And it came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John at the Jordan; — read the full passage →

And they say to him, `We have not here except five loaves, and two fishes.' — read the full passage →

`Happy the kind--because they shall find kindness.

And Daniel saith unto the Meltzar, whom the chief of the eunuchs hath appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, — read the full passage →

And they capture fenced cities, and fat ground, and possess houses full of all good, digged-wells, vineyards, and olive-yards, and fruit-trees in abundance, and they eat, and are satisfied, and become fat, and delight themselves in Thy great goodness.

`Thou dost not eat any abominable thing; — read the full passage →

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, in the land of Egypt, saying, — read the full passage →

And Peter having opened his mouth, said, `Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons, — read the full passage →

`Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that art killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto thee, how often did I will to gather thy children together, as a hen doth gather her own chickens under the wings, and ye did not will.

`And when any of the beasts which are to you for food dieth, he who is coming against its carcase is unclean till the evening; — read the full passage →

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, — read the full passage →

And it hath come to pass, fishers do stand by it, from En-Gedi even unto En-Eglaim; a spreading place of nets they are; according to their own kind is their fish, as the fish of the great sea, very many. — read the full passage →

`Why to Me the abundance of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah, I have been satiated <FI>with<Fi> burnt-offerings of rams, And fat of fatlings; And blood of bullocks, and lambs, And he-goats I have not desired. — read the full passage →

`And it hath been, when Jehovah bringeth thee in unto the land of the Canaanite, and of the Hittite, and of the Amorite, and of the Hivite, and of the Jebusite, which He hath sworn to thy fathers to give to thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou hast done this service in this month.

for if even in the flesh I am absent--yet in the spirit I am with you, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in regard to Christ;

For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.

and God calleth to the light `Day,' and to the darkness He hath called `Night;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning--day one.

And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, going forth out of the throne of God and of the Lamb: — read the full passage →

but see, lest this privilege of yours may become a stumbling-block to the infirm, — read the full passage →

One doth judge one day above another, and another doth judge every day <FI>alike<Fi> ; let each in his own mind be fully assured.