Bible Verses About Cannabis
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for cannabis, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,203 votes, led by Genesis 1:29. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Cannabis
Genesis 1:29164 votes
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.
Genesis 1:12142 votes
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
1 Peter 5:8131 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Matthew 15:11119 votes
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Genesis 1:29-3197 votes
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.
Ephesians 5:1897 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Ezekiel 34:2996 votes
And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.
1 Corinthians 6:19-2096 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Exodus 30:22-2985 votes
Moreover the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Psalms 104:1484 votes
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
Isaiah 18:4-581 votes
For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
Titus 2:1-881 votes
But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
Romans 13:13-1477 votes
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
1 Timothy 4:1-677 votes
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;
Genesis 9:374 votes
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Psalms 104:14-1571 votes
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
Revelation 22:1-271 votes
And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
1 Peter 4:1-668 votes
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
Revelation 22:268 votes
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Exodus 30:2365 votes
Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
Romans 14:1-2362 votes
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Romans 14:1452 votes
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.
Proverbs 31:6-748 votes
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Hebrews 6:740 votes
For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
Proverbs 20:135 votes
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
What does the Bible say about cannabis?
Readers most often cite Genesis 1:29 on the subject of cannabis. Across 3,203 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 1:12, 1 Peter 5:8, Matthew 15:11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.