Bible Verses About Eating Shellfish
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for eating shellfish, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 8,578 votes, led by Leviticus 11:10. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Eating Shellfish
Leviticus 11:10319 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:
Leviticus 11:9-12305 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 11:9285 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 11:1-47273 votes
And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
Romans 14:1-23264 votes
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Genesis 9:3254 votes
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Mark 7:19201 votes
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
Romans 14:14153 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.
Deuteronomy 14:1-29152 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.
1 Corinthians 10:31146 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Leviticus 20:13145 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.
Hebrews 8:13138 votes
In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Genesis 1:29126 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.
Leviticus 11:3123 votes
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
Leviticus 19:19110 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.
Romans 12:3107 votes
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Leviticus 11:289 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.
Matthew 5:1781 votes
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Colossians 2:1681 votes
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Leviticus 11:780 votes
And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:1180 votes
They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
Leviticus 11:1274 votes
Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.
Leviticus 11:872 votes
Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
Leviticus 18:2268 votes
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
1 Corinthians 10:2562 votes
Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
What does the Bible say about eating shellfish?
Readers most often cite Leviticus 11:10 on the subject of eating shellfish. Across 8,578 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Leviticus 11:9-12, Leviticus 11:9, Leviticus 11:1-47. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.