Bible Verses About Vegetarians
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for vegetarians, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,578 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 Vegetarians
Genesis 1:29218 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 9:3146 votes
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Daniel 1:8-16137 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 14:2-3122 votes
For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
Romans 14:21120 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 Timothy 4:3-4107 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.
Isaiah 65:25100 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 Corinthians 8:1390 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.
Leviticus 11:1-4756 votes
And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
Isaiah 11:6-956 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.
Isaiah 11:751 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.
Colossians 2:1648 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:
Deuteronomy 14:3-2141 votes
Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
Acts 10:13-1532 votes
And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
Romans 14:232 votes
For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
1 Corinthians 8:831 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.
Proverbs 15:1728 votes
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Romans 14:1-325 votes
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Revelation 22:225 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.
Genesis 1:29-3020 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.
Deuteronomy 14:3-2017 votes
Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
Daniel 1:1217 votes
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
Romans 14:1-2315 votes
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Daniel 1:11-1613 votes
Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
Daniel 1:1511 votes
And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat.
What does the Bible say about vegetarians?
Readers most often cite Genesis 1:29 on the subject of vegetarians. Across 1,578 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 9:3, Daniel 1:8-16, Romans 14:2-3. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.