Bible Verses About Vegetarianism
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for vegetarianism, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,272 votes, led by Romans 14:21. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Vegetarianism
Romans 14:21274 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.
Genesis 9:3257 votes
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Genesis 1:29242 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.
Genesis 1:29-30210 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 11:6-9182 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.
Genesis 1:30170 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.
Daniel 1:8-16156 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.
Romans 14:1-23138 votes
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Romans 14:2-3137 votes
For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
Isaiah 65:25135 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.
1 Timothy 4:3-4132 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 11:1-47112 votes
And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
Colossians 2:16100 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:
Proverbs 15:1795 votes
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Romans 14:1795 votes
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
1 Corinthians 8:1394 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.
Genesis 9:488 votes
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
Romans 14:1-378 votes
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Daniel 1:12-1677 votes
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
1 Corinthians 8:875 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.
Matthew 15:1156 votes
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
1 Timothy 4:1-456 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;
Romans 14:645 votes
He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
Deuteronomy 14:3-2144 votes
Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
Ezekiel 4:1437 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.
What does the Bible say about vegetarianism?
Readers most often cite Romans 14:21 on the subject of vegetarianism. Across 4,272 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 9:3, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:29-30. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.