Bible Verses About Blood Transfusion
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for blood transfusion, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 8,889 votes, led by Genesis 9:4. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Blood Transfusion
Genesis 9:4448 votes
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
Acts 15:29415 votes
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.
Acts 15:20386 votes
But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
Leviticus 3:17352 votes
It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
Leviticus 17:11269 votes
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Leviticus 17:14233 votes
For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.
Deuteronomy 12:23230 votes
Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
Deuteronomy 12:16211 votes
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
Acts 15:1-41211 votes
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.
John 15:13182 votes
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Acts 21:25163 votes
As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
Leviticus 17:10-14145 votes
And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Ezekiel 16:6141 votes
And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.
Revelation 1:1140 votes
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:
John 6:53-57137 votes
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
Leviticus 19:26134 votes
Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
Leviticus 17:10132 votes
And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Deuteronomy 15:23129 votes
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
Leviticus 7:26-27128 votes
Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
Acts 15:28-29125 votes
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
1 John 1:7120 votes
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Leviticus 17:12114 votes
Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.
Acts 15:19-20110 votes
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
Romans 14:1-23109 votes
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
1 Corinthians 8:1-13104 votes
Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
What does the Bible say about blood transfusion?
Readers most often cite Genesis 9:4 on the subject of blood transfusion. Across 8,889 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Acts 15:29, Acts 15:20, Leviticus 3:17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.