49 Bible Verses about Eating Meat

Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble.

It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth.

And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

But food will not commend us to God: neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.

Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat, asking no question for conscience'sake,

One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs.

Let not him that eateth set at nought him that eateth not; and let not him that eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination; it shall not be accepted:

He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord: and he that eateth, eateth unto the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, unto the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.

Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; As the green herb have I given you all.

Overthrow not for meat's sake the work of God. All things indeed are clean; howbeit it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, eat not, for his sake that showed it, and for conscience sake:

But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

That which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith: I am Jehovah.

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day:

They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves to go unto the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together, saith Jehovah.

Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.

Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

For if a man see thee who hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat ye flesh.

Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all fours, or whatsoever hath many feet, even all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

When Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul desireth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul.

Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one.

But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not.

And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, than all the youths that did eat of the king's dainties.

Notwithstanding, thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.

Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes unto your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?

But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean.

I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.

These are the beasts which ye may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

But he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith; and whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, and ye shall eat flesh; for ye have wept in the ears of Jehovah, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore Jehovah will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.

and thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of Jehovah thy God; and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of Jehovah thy God; and thou shalt eat the flesh.

but that we write unto them, that they abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat food.

For when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.

Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against Jehovah, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, ye have dealt treacherously: roll a great stone unto me this day.

And for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be for food.

These may ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that may ye eat.

for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Ye shall not eat anything with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantments, nor practise augury.

Eat not of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs and with the inwards thereof.

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

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's dainties, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.