45 Bible Verses about Forbidden Food

"Speak to the people of Israel, saying, You shall eat no fat, of ox or sheep or goat.

The fat of an animal that dies of itself and the fat of one that is torn by beasts may be put to any other use, but on no account shall you eat it.

For every person who eats of the fat of an animal of which a food offering may be made to the LORD shall be cut off from his people.

But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.

Moreover, you shall eat no blood whatever, whether of fowl or of animal, in any of your dwelling places.

Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people."

Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, No person among you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who sojourns among you eat blood.

"You shall not eat any flesh with the blood in it. You shall not interpret omens or tell fortunes.

Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.

Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.

You shall not eat it, that all may go well with you and with your children after you, when you do what is right in the sight of the LORD.

Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.

"If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among them eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people.

For the life of every creature is its blood: its blood is its life. Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any creature, for the life of every creature is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off.

It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood."

If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is tainted; it will not be accepted,

"When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall not be liable.

"You shall be consecrated to me. Therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.

And every person who eats what dies of itself or what is torn by beasts, whether he is a native or a sojourner, shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening; then he shall be clean.

He shall not eat what dies of itself or is torn by beasts, and so make himself unclean by it: I am the LORD.'

"You shall not eat anything that has died naturally. You may give it to the sojourner who is within your towns, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. "You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I have never defiled myself.From my youth up till now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has tainted meat come into my mouth."

The priests shall not eat of anything, whether bird or beast, that has died of itself or is torn by wild animals.

and whoever eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. And whoever carries the carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.

You shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

You shall regard them as detestable; you shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses.

"And these you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten; they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

"Every swarming thing that swarms on the ground is detestable; it shall not be eaten.

Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, any swarming thing that swarms on the ground, you shall not eat, for they are detestable.

"Flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned up with fire. All who are clean may eat flesh,

who sit in tombs, and spend the night in secret places; who eat pig's flesh, and broth of tainted meat is in their vessels;

"Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one in the midst, eating pig's flesh and the abomination and mice, shall come to an end together, declares the LORD.

In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air.

Looking at it closely, I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air.

The king assigned them a daily portion of the food that the king ate, and of the wine that he drank. They were to be educated for three years, and at the end of that time they were to stand before the king.

But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king's food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself.

"Test your servants for ten days; let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then let our appearance and the appearance of the youths who eat the king's food be observed by you, and deal with your servants according to what you see." So he listened to them in this matter, and tested them for ten days.read more.
At the end of ten days it was seen that they were better in appearance and fatter in flesh than all the youths who ate the king's food. So the steward took away their food and the wine they were to drink, and gave them vegetables.

Do not let my heart incline to any evil, to busy myself with wicked deeds in company with men who work iniquity, and let me not eat of their delicacies!

But Peter said, "By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."

But I said, 'By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

Therefore to this day the people of Israel do not eat the sinew of the thigh that is on the hip socket, because he touched the socket of Jacob's hip on the sinew of the thigh.

The people pounced on the spoil and took sheep and oxen and calves and slaughtered them on the ground. And the people ate them with the blood.

Then they told Saul, "Behold, the people are sinning against the LORD by eating with the blood." And he said, "You have dealt treacherously; roll a great stone to me here."

And Saul said, "Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, 'Let every man bring his ox or his sheep and slaughter them here and eat, and do not sin against the LORD by eating with the blood.'" So every one of the people brought his ox with him that night and they slaughtered them there.