45 Bible Verses about Forbidden Food

"Speak unto the children of Israel and say, 'Ye shall eat no manner fat of oxen, sheep or goats:

neverthelater, the fat of the beast that dieth alone and the fat of that which is torn with wild beasts, may be occupied in all manner uses: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.

For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast of which men bring an offering unto the LORD, that soul that eateth it shall perish from his people.

Only: the flesh with his life, which is his blood, see that ye eat not.

Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, wheresoever ye dwell, whether it be of fowl or of beast.

Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood the same soul shall perish from his people.'"

And therefore I said unto the children of Israel: See that no soul of you eat blood, nor yet any stranger that sojourneth among you.

"'Ye shall eat nothing with the blood, ye shall use no witchcraft, nor observe dismal days.

only eat not the blood, but pour it upon the earth as water.

But be strong that thou eat not the blood. For the blood, that is the life: and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh:

See thou eat it not, therefore, that it may go well with thee and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt have done that which is right in the sight of the LORD.

Only eat not the blood thereof, but pour it upon the ground as water.

And whatsoever man it be of the house of Israel or of the strangers that sojourn among you that eateth any manner of blood, I will set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will destroy him from among his people,

For the life of all flesh is in the blood, therefore I said unto the children of Israel: Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh, for the life of all flesh is in his blood, and whosoever therefore eateth it shall perish.

and it shall be a law forever among your generations after you in your dwelling places: that ye eat neither fat nor blood."'

If it be eaten the third day, it shall be unclean and not accepted.

If an ox gore a man or a woman that they die, then the ox shall be stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten: and his master shall go quit.

Ye shall be holy people unto me, and therefore shall ye eat no flesh that is torn of beasts in the field. But shall cast it to dogs."

And whatsoever soul it be that eateth that which died alone or that which was torn with wild beasts: whether it be one of yourselves or a stranger, he shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean unto the even, and then is he clean.

Of a beast that dieth alone or is rent with wild beasts, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.

Ye shall eat of nothing that dieth alone: But thou mayest give it unto the stranger that is in thy city that he eat it, or mayest sell it unto an Alien. For thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

Then said I, "O LORD God: Behold, my soul was yet never stained, for from my youth up to this hour. I did never eat of a dead carcass, or that which was slain of wild beasts, neither came there ever any unclean flesh in my mouth."

But no dead carrion shall the priest eat, nor such as is devoured of wild beasts, fouls or cattle."

And he that eateth of any such dead carcass, shall wash his clothes and remain unclean until the evening. And he also that beareth the carcass of it, shall wash his clothes and be unclean until even.

Of their flesh see that ye eat not, and their carcasses see that ye touch not for they are unclean to you.

See that ye eat not of their flesh, and also that ye abhor their carcasses:

These are the fowls which ye shall abhor and which shall not be eaten, for they are an abomination: The eagle, the goshawk, the cormorant, the kite,

"'All that crawleth upon the earth, is an abomination and shall not be eaten.

And whatsoever goeth upon the breast, and whatsoever goeth upon four or more feet among all that crawleth upon the earth, of that see ye eat not: for they are abominable.

The flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten, but burnt with fire: and all that be clean in their flesh, may eat flesh.

they lurk among the graves, and lie in the dens all night. They eat swine flesh, and unclean broth is in their vessels.

Such as have made themselves holy and clean in the gardens, and those that have eaten swine's flesh, mice, and other abominations, shall be taken away together, sayeth the LORD.

wherein were all manner of four footed beasts of the earth and vermin and worms, and fouls of the air.

into the which when I had fastened mine eyes I considered and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and vermin and worms, and fowls of the air.

Unto these, the king appointed a certain portion of his own meat, and of the wine which he drank himself, so to nourish them three years: that afterward they might stand before the king.

But Daniel was at a point with himself, that he would not be defiled through the king's meat, nor the wine which he drunk. And this he desired of the chief chamberlain, lest he should defile himself.

"O prove but ten days with thy servants, and let us have pottage to eat, and water to drink: Then look upon our faces, and theirs that eat of the king's meat. And as thou seest, so deal with thy servants." So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.read more.
And after the ten days, their faces were better liking and fatter, than all the young springaldes, which ate of the king's meat. Thus Melzar took away their meat and wine, and gave them pottage therefore.

O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing, to be minded as the ungodly or wicked men; lest I eat of such things as please them.

But Peter said, "God forbid Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."

And I said, 'God forbid Lord, for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.'

Wherefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew that shrank under the thigh, unto this day: because that he smote Jacob under the thigh in the sinew that shrank.

Then the people gat them to the spoil and took sheep oxen and calves, and slew them on the ground and did eat with the blood.

Then men told Saul, saying, "Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood." And he said, "Ye have trespassed. But roll a great stone unto me now,

and go abroad among the people and bid them bring every man his ox and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood." And the people brought every man his ox in his hand by night and slew them there.