Bible Verses About The Food We Eat
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for the food we eat, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,983 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 The Food We Eat
Genesis 1:29152 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.
Mark 7:18-22150 votes
And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
Leviticus 11:1-47125 votes
And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
Romans 14:1-23116 votes
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Genesis 9:395 votes
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
1 Timothy 4:1-1682 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 1:3071 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.
1 Corinthians 10:3162 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Colossians 2:1660 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:
John 6:47-5052 votes
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
Leviticus 11:1-3049 votes
And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
John 6:50-7139 votes
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
John 6:2736 votes
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Proverbs 23:233 votes
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
John 6:3533 votes
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
1 Corinthians 11:27-3031 votes
Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 8:829 votes
But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
Romans 12:1-228 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Matthew 6:2527 votes
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Mark 7:1925 votes
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
Ezekiel 4:924 votes
Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
John 6:55-5924 votes
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
Acts 15:28-2924 votes
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
1 Timothy 4:424 votes
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
Acts 10:9-1622 votes
On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
What does the Bible say about the food we eat?
Readers most often cite Genesis 1:29 on the subject of the food we eat. Across 1,983 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Mark 7:18-22, Leviticus 11:1-47, Romans 14:1-23. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.