45 Bible Verses about Forbidden Food

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Leviticus 7:23

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, No fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat shall ye eat.

Leviticus 7:24

But the fat of a dead carcase, and the fat of that which is torn, may be used in any other use; but ye shall in no wise eat it.

Leviticus 7:25

For whoever eateth the fat of the beast of which men present an offering by fire to Jehovah, the soul that hath eaten shall be cut off from his peoples.

Leviticus 7:26

And no blood shall ye eat in any of your dwellings, whether it be of fowl or of cattle.

Leviticus 7:27

Whatever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, that soul shall be cut off from his peoples.

Leviticus 17:12

Therefore have I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall the stranger who sojourneth among you eat blood.

Deuteronomy 12:16

Only, ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

Deuteronomy 12:23

Only, be sure that thou eat not the blood; for the blood is the life, and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh;

Deuteronomy 12:25

thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do what is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

Deuteronomy 15:23

Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof: thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

Leviticus 17:10

And every one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood, I will set my face against the soul that hath eaten blood, and will cut him off from among his people;

Leviticus 17:14

for as to the life of all flesh, its blood is the life in it; and I have said unto the children of Israel, Of the blood of no manner of flesh shall ye eat, for the life of all flesh is its blood: whoever eateth it shall be cut off.

Leviticus 3:17

It is an everlasting statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings: no fat and no blood shall ye eat.

Leviticus 19:7

And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is an unclean thing: it shall not be accepted.

Exodus 21:28

And if an ox gore a man or a woman, so that they die, then the ox shall certainly be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be guiltless.

Exodus 22:31

And ye shall be holy men unto me; and ye shall not eat flesh torn in the field: ye shall cast it to the dog.

Leviticus 17:15

And every soul that eateth of a dead carcase, or of that which was torn, be it one home-born, or a stranger, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even: then he shall be clean.

Deuteronomy 14:21

Ye shall eat of no carcase; thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eat it, or sell it unto a foreigner; for thou art a holy people to Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

Ezekiel 4:14

Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul hath not been defiled, and from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or of that which is torn; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

Ezekiel 44:31

The priests shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself, or of that which is torn, whether of fowl or of beast.

Leviticus 11:40

And he that eateth of its carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even: he also that carrieth its carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even.

Leviticus 11:8

Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch: they shall be unclean unto you.

Leviticus 11:11

They shall be even an abomination unto you: of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase ye shall have in abomination.

Leviticus 11:13

And these shall ye have in abomination of the fowls; they shall not be eaten; an abomination shall they be: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle,

Leviticus 11:41

And every crawling thing which crawleth on the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.

Leviticus 11:42

Whatever goeth on the belly, and whatever goeth on all four, and all that have a great many feet, of every manner of crawling thing which crawleth on the earth these ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

Leviticus 7:19

And the flesh that toucheth anything unclean shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with fire. And as to the flesh, all that are clean may eat the flesh.

Isaiah 65:4

who sit down among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; who eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

Isaiah 66:17

They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one in the midst; that eat swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall perish together, saith Jehovah.

Acts 10:12

in which were all the quadrupeds and creeping things of the earth, and the fowls of the heaven.

Acts 11:6

on which having fixed mine eyes, I considered, and saw the quadrupeds of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven.

Daniel 1:5

And the king appointed unto them a daily provision of the king's delicate food, and of the wine that he drank, to nourish them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.

Daniel 1:8

And Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not pollute himself with the king's delicate food, nor with the wine which he drank; and he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not have to pollute himself.

Daniel 1:12-16

Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink; then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the youths that eat of the king's delicate food: and as thou shalt see, deal with thy servants. And he hearkened unto them in this matter, and proved them ten days.read more.
And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and were fatter in flesh than all the youths that ate of the king's delicate food. So the steward took away their delicate food, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.

Psalm 141:4

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise deeds of wickedness with men that are workers of iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.

Acts 10:14

And Peter said, In no wise, Lord; for I have never eaten anything common or unclean.

Acts 11:8

And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.

Genesis 32:32

Therefore the children of Israel do not eat of the sinew that is over the joint of the thigh, to this day; because he touched the joint of Jacob's thigh the sinew.

1 Samuel 14:32

And the people fell on the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.

1 Samuel 14:33

And they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against Jehovah, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have acted perversely: roll me now a great stone.

1 Samuel 14:34

And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say to them, Bring near to me every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slaughter them here, and eat; and sin not against Jehovah in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slaughtered them there.

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Cormorant » Bird » Forbidden food

Leviticus 11:17

and the owl, and the gannet, and the ibis,

Deuteronomy 14:17

and the pelican, and the carrion vulture, and the gannet,

Isaiah 34:11

And the pelican and the bittern shall possess it, and the great owl and the raven shall dwell in it. And he shall stretch out upon it the line of waste, and the plummets of emptiness.

Zephaniah 2:14

And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the crowd of beasts; both the pelican and the bittern shall lodge in the chapiters thereof; a voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be on the thresholds: for he hath laid bare the cedar work.

Kite » Bird » Forbidden food

Deuteronomy 14:13

and the falcon, and the kite, and the black kite after its kind;

Lapwing » Bird » Forbidden food

Leviticus 11:19

and the stork; the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

Deuteronomy 14:18

and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

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