Bible Verses About Vegetarian
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for vegetarian, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,438 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 Vegetarian
Genesis 1:29217 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.
Daniel 1:8-16160 votes
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
Genesis 9:3135 votes
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
1 Timothy 4:3-4112 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.
Romans 14:2-3109 votes
For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
Romans 14:2198 votes
It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
1 Corinthians 8:877 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.
Isaiah 11:6-971 votes
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
1 Corinthians 8:1356 votes
Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
Isaiah 65:2552 votes
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.
Revelation 22:252 votes
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Colossians 2:1644 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 11:1-4740 votes
And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
Romans 14:1-332 votes
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Deuteronomy 14:3-2124 votes
Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
Romans 14:221 votes
For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
1 Corinthians 10:25-2620 votes
Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
Acts 10:13-1516 votes
And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
Romans 14:1716 votes
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Daniel 1:11-1614 votes
Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
Leviticus 7:23-2413 votes
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
Genesis 1:29-3012 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.
Isaiah 11:712 votes
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
Acts 15:2912 votes
That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
Romans 14:20-2112 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.
What does the Bible say about vegetarian?
Readers most often cite Genesis 1:29 on the subject of vegetarian. Across 1,438 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Daniel 1:8-16, Genesis 9:3, 1 Timothy 4:3-4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.