16 Bible Verses about Noting What Animals Eat
Most Relevant Verses
You may eat any animal with divided hooves and that chews the cud.
You may eat any animal that has hooves divided in two and chews the cud. But among the ones that chew the cud or have divided hooves, you are not to eat these:
the camel, the hare, and the hyrax,
though they chew the cud, they do not have hooves—
they are unclean for you;
and the pig, though it has hooves, it does not chew the cud—
it is unclean for you.
You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses.
But among the ones that chew the cud or have divided hooves you are not to eat these:
the camel, though it chews the cud,
does not have divided hooves—it is unclean for you;
the hyrax, though it chews the cud,
does not have hooves—it is unclean for you;
the hare, though it chews the cud,
does not have hooves—it is unclean for you;
the pig, though it has divided hooves,
does not chew the cud—it is unclean for you.
All animals that have hooves but do not have a divided hoof and do not chew the cud are unclean for you. Whoever touches them becomes unclean.
The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder scattered with winnowing shovel and fork.
“Yes, Lord,” she said, “yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table!”
But she replied to Him, “Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up, living with him and his children. It shared his meager food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.
The cow and the bear will graze,
their young ones will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
The wolf and the lamb will feed together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox,
but the serpent’s food will be dust!
They will not do what is evil or destroy
on My entire holy mountain,”
says the Lord.
Then the Lord God said to the serpent:
Because you have done this,
you are cursed more than any livestock
and more than any wild animal.
You will move on your belly
and eat dust all the days of your life.
They will lick the dust like a snake;
they will come trembling out of their hiding places
like reptiles slithering on the ground.
They will tremble in the presence of Yahweh our God;
they will stand in awe of You.
He longed to eat his fill from the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him any.