Romans 14:2
One man’s faith permits him to eat everything, while the weak believer eats only vegetables [to avoid eating ritually unclean meat or something previously considered unclean].
Romans 14:14
I know and am convinced [as one] in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean [ritually defiled, and unholy] in itself; but [nonetheless] it is unclean to anyone who thinks it is unclean.
Genesis 1:29
So God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of the entire earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;
Genesis 9:3
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; I give you everything, as I gave you the green plants and vegetables.
Proverbs 15:17
Better is a dinner of vegetables and herbs where love is present
Than a fattened ox served with hatred.
Daniel 1:12
“Please, test your servants for ten days, and let us be given some vegetables to eat and water to drink.
Daniel 1:16
So the overseer continued to withhold their fine food and the wine they were to drink, and kept giving them vegetables.
Romans 14:22-23
The faith which you have [that gives you freedom of choice], have as your own conviction before God [just keep it between yourself and God, seeking His will]. Happy is he who has no reason to condemn himself for what he approves.
1 Corinthians 10:25
[Regarding meat offered to idols:] Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without asking any questions for the sake of your conscience,
Galatians 2:12
Before certain men came from James, he used to eat [his meals] with the Gentiles; but when the men [from Jerusalem] arrived, he began to withdraw and separate himself [from the Gentile believers], because he was afraid of those from the
1 Timothy 4:4
For everything God has created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude;
Titus 1:15
To the pure, all things are pure; but to the corrupt and unbelieving, nothing is pure; both their mind and their conscience are corrupted.
Hebrews 9:10
For they [the gifts, sacrifices, and ceremonies] deal only with [clean and unclean] food and drink and various ritual washings, [mere] external regulations for the body imposed [to help the worshipers] until the time of reformation [that is, the time of the new order when Christ will establish the reality of what these things foreshadow—a better covenant].
Hebrews 13:9
Do not be carried away by diverse and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established and strengthened by grace and not by foods [rules of diet and ritualistic meals], which bring no benefit or spiritual growth to those who observe them.
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Better is a dinner of vegetables and herbs where love is present
Than a fattened ox served with hatred.