Leviticus 11:29

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Summary

These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,

Creeping things that creep

General references

Leviticus 11:41

Bible References

Creeping things that creep

"'Every winged swarming thing that walks on all fours is detestable to you.

Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the Lord.

Rise up, Lord! Confront him! Knock him down! Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man!

Moreover, the Lord who rules over all says: 'In just a little while I will once again shake the sky and the earth, the sea and the dry ground.

Then he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

The Pharisees (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.

Jesus replied, "I tell you the solemn truth, you are looking for me not because you saw miraculous signs, but because you ate all the loaves of bread you wanted.

So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes.

Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.

So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.

For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you and I will never abandon you."

General references

Every swarming thing that swarms on the land is detestable; it must not be eaten.