Bible Verses About What to Eat
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for what to eat, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 667 votes, led by Genesis 9:3. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about What to Eat
Genesis 9:331 votes
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Genesis 1:2929 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.
Leviticus 11:1-4725 votes
And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
Matthew 6:2524 votes
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
1 Corinthians 10:3122 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Matthew 6:31-3321 votes
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Matthew 4:420 votes
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
John 6:2720 votes
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Psalms 136:2517 votes
Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
John 6:3517 votes
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
Luke 12:2215 votes
And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
Romans 14:1-2315 votes
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
1 Corinthians 8:815 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.
1 Timothy 4:415 votes
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
Deuteronomy 14:1-2914 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.
Matthew 5:614 votes
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Matthew 6:3314 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Mark 7:1914 votes
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
Revelation 1:114 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Proverbs 25:2713 votes
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Romans 14:213 votes
For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
1 Corinthians 6:19-2013 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Psalms 145:1512 votes
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
Matthew 6:2712 votes
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
1 Corinthians 10:2512 votes
Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
What does the Bible say about what to eat?
Readers most often cite Genesis 9:3 on the subject of what to eat. Across 667 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 1:29, Leviticus 11:1-47, Matthew 6:25. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.