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What does the Bible say about eating animals?

10 verses about eating animals, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

7 booksMost in Genesis

Bible verses about eating animals

Genesis 9:3 — Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. 9 votes
Leviticus 11:1 — And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, 6 votes
Romans 14:1 — Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. 4 votes
Genesis 1:30 — And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. 3 votes
Deuteronomy 14:1 — Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. 3 votes
Genesis 1:29 — And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 2 votes
Leviticus 11:2 — Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. 2 votes
Proverbs 12:10 — A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. 2 votes
Mark 7:19 — Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? 2 votes
Acts 10:9 — On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: 2 votes