Bible Verses About Eating Fish
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for eating fish, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 10,785 votes, led by Leviticus 11:1-47. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Eating Fish
Leviticus 11:1-47331 votes
And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
Leviticus 11:9-12243 votes
These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
Genesis 1:29223 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.
Luke 24:42-43219 votes
And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
Leviticus 11:9200 votes
These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
Leviticus 11:10194 votes
And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
Genesis 1:28189 votes
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Leviticus 11:2181 votes
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
Deuteronomy 14:9-10181 votes
These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
Deuteronomy 14:9179 votes
These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
1 Corinthians 10:31178 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Leviticus 11:8160 votes
Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
Genesis 1:30148 votes
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Leviticus 11:3144 votes
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
Revelation 1:1144 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:
Genesis 9:3139 votes
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Leviticus 20:13137 votes
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Leviticus 19:19136 votes
Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
Jonah 1:17136 votes
Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Luke 24:42135 votes
And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
Jonah 2:10133 votes
And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
Matthew 12:40133 votes
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Deuteronomy 14:1-29132 votes
Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
Genesis 1:21126 votes
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Numbers 11:5123 votes
We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
What does the Bible say about eating fish?
Readers most often cite Leviticus 11:1-47 on the subject of eating fish. Across 10,785 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Leviticus 11:9-12, Genesis 1:29, Luke 24:42-43. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.