Bible Verses About What We Should Not Eat
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for what we should not eat, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,097 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 What We Should Not Eat
Leviticus 11:1-47195 votes
And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
Leviticus 11:7158 votes
And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
Genesis 9:3117 votes
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Romans 14:1-2392 votes
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
1 Timothy 4:1-574 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;
Genesis 1:2961 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.
Acts 15:28-2941 votes
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
Romans 12:1-239 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Deuteronomy 14:1-2928 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.
Acts 2:1-4728 votes
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
Genesis 3:2-627 votes
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
Romans 14:221 votes
For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
Romans 14:2120 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.
Galatians 6:719 votes
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Isaiah 66:15-1716 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.
3 John 1:216 votes
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Colossians 2:16-1715 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:
Mark 7:1914 votes
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
Genesis 9:3-413 votes
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Daniel 1:1513 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.
1 Timothy 4:313 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 11:912 votes
These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
Daniel 1:11-1512 votes
Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
Proverbs 11:2811 votes
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
Luke 12:2211 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.
What does the Bible say about what we should not eat?
Readers most often cite Leviticus 11:1-47 on the subject of what we should not eat. Across 1,097 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Leviticus 11:7, Genesis 9:3, Romans 14:1-23. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.