Bible Verses About Unclean Food
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for unclean food, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,265 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 Unclean Food
Leviticus 11:1-47263 votes
And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
Deuteronomy 14:3-21141 votes
Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
Acts 10:9-16130 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:
Romans 14:14116 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.
1 Timothy 4:3-5106 votes
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
Leviticus 20:2584 votes
Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
Colossians 2:1679 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:
Isaiah 66:1776 votes
They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.
Ezekiel 4:1464 votes
Then said I, Ah Lord God! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
Mark 7:18-1962 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;
Mark 7:18-2362 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;
Matthew 15:10-2061 votes
And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
Isaiah 66:15-1754 votes
For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Revelation 18:250 votes
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Romans 14:1-2349 votes
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Acts 11:5-1045 votes
I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
Acts 15:28-2944 votes
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
Deuteronomy 14:1-2943 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.
Colossians 2:16-1740 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:
Isaiah 65:437 votes
Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
1 Timothy 4:1-533 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;
Matthew 15:10-1132 votes
And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
Mark 7:15-2232 votes
There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
Leviticus 7:2130 votes
Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the Lord, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Mark 7:14-2330 votes
And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
What does the Bible say about unclean food?
Readers most often cite Leviticus 11:1-47 on the subject of unclean food. Across 2,265 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Deuteronomy 14:3-21, Acts 10:9-16, Romans 14:14. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.