18 Bible Verses about pork
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If an unbeliever gives you an invitation and you are disposed to accept it, eat whatever is put before you, and ask no questions for conscience' sake.
"Go," He replied. Then they came out from the men and went into the swine, whereupon the entire herd instantly rushed down the cliff into the Lake and perished in the water.
"On no account, Lord," he replied; "for I have never yet eaten anything unholy and impure."
"Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor throw your pearls to the swine; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and then turn and attack you.
Their case is that described in the true proverb, "A dog returns to what he has vomited," and also in the other proverb, "The sow has washed itself and now goes back to roll in its filth."
The right course is to forego eating meat or drinking wine or doing anything that tends to your brother's fall.
Do not for food's sake be throwing down God's work. All food is pure; but a man is in the wrong if his food is a snare to others.
So the demons entreated Him. "If Thou drivest us out," they said, "send us into the herd of swine."
Let not him who eats certain food look down upon him who abstains from it, nor him who abstains from it find fault with him who eats it; for God has received both of them.
The demons came out of the man and left him, and entered into the swine; and the herd rushed violently over the cliff into the Lake and were drowned.
One man's faith allows him to eat anything, while a man of weaker faith eats nothing but vegetables.
For everything that God has created is good, and nothing is to be cast aside, if only it is received with thanksgiving.
Therefore if what I eat causes my brother to fall, never again to the end of my days will I touch any kind of animal food, for fear I should cause my brother to fall.
Now at some distance from them a vast herd of swine were feeding.
Jesus also questioned him. "What is your name?" He said. "Legion," he replied, "for there are a host of us."
Again a second time a voice was heard which said, "What God has purified, you must not regard as unholy."
The sky had opened to his view, and what seemed to be an enormous sail was descending, being let down to the earth by ropes at the four corners.
