Bible Verses About Unclean Foods
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for unclean foods, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,590 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 Foods
Leviticus 11:1-47214 votes
And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
Deuteronomy 14:3-21165 votes
Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
Acts 10:9-16127 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 14:14121 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 4:3-5116 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.
Mark 7:18-1984 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;
Colossians 2:1680 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:
Colossians 2:16-1752 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 20:2548 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.
Isaiah 66:1744 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.
Acts 15:19-2044 votes
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
Acts 15:28-2940 votes
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
Matthew 15:10-1136 votes
And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
Acts 11:5-1036 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:
Matthew 15:10-2032 votes
And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
Mark 7:14-2332 votes
And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
Ezekiel 4:1428 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.
Romans 14:2028 votes
For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
Mark 7:18-2324 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;
Acts 10:10-1624 votes
And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
Romans 14:1724 votes
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Leviticus 7:2122 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.
Matthew 15:1120 votes
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
1 Corinthians 10:25-3120 votes
Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
Isaiah 66:15-1718 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.
What does the Bible say about unclean foods?
Readers most often cite Leviticus 11:1-47 on the subject of unclean foods. Across 1,590 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.