Bible verses about "vegetarianism" | Darby

¹ And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, ² Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the animals which ye shall eat of all the beasts which are on the earth. ³ Whatever hath cloven hoofs, and feet quite split open, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts -- that shall ye eat. ⁴ Only these shall ye not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those with cloven hoofs: the camel, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs -- it shall be unclean unto you; ⁵ and the rock-badger, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs -- it shall be unclean unto you; ⁶ and the hare, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs -- it shall be unclean unto you; ⁷ and the swine, for it hath cloven hoofs, and feet quite split open, but it cheweth not the cud -- it shall be unclean unto you. ⁸ Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch: they shall be unclean unto you. ⁹ These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatever hath fins and scales in waters, in seas and in rivers, these shall ye eat; ¹⁰ but all that have not fins and scales in seas and in rivers, of all that swarm in the waters, and of every living soul which is in the waters -- they shall be an abomination unto you. ¹¹ They shall be even an abomination unto you: of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase ye shall have in abomination. ¹² Whatever in the waters hath no fins and scales, that shall be an abomination unto you. 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, ¹⁴ and the falcon, and the kite, after its kind; ¹⁵ every raven after its kind; ¹⁶ and the female ostrich and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk, after its kind; ¹⁷ and the owl, and the gannet, and the ibis, ¹⁸ and the swan, and the pelican, and the carrion vulture, ¹⁹ and the stork; the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. ²⁰ Every winged crawling thing that goeth upon all four shall be an abomination unto you. ²¹ Yet these shall ye eat of every winged crawling thing that goeth upon all four: those which have legs above their feet with which to leap upon the earth. ²² These shall ye eat of them: the arbeh after its kind, and the solam after its kind, and the hargol after its kind, and the hargab after its kind. ²³ But every winged crawling thing that hath four feet shall be an abomination unto you. ²⁴ And by these ye shall make yourselves unclean; whoever toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even. ²⁵ And whoever carrieth [ought] of their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even. ²⁶ Every beast that hath cloven hoofs, but not feet quite split open, nor cheweth the cud, shall be unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean. ²⁷ And whatever goeth on its paws, among all manner of beasts that go upon all four, those are unclean unto you: whoever toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even. ²⁸ And he that carrieth their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even: they shall be unclean unto you. ²⁹ And these shall be unclean unto you among the crawling things which crawl on the earth: the mole, and the field-mouse, and the lizard, after its kind; ³⁰ and the groaning lizard, and the great red lizard, and the climbing lizard, and the chomet, and the chameleon. ³¹ These shall be unclean unto you among all that crawl: whoever toucheth them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even. ³² And on whatever any of them when they are dead doth fall, it shall be unclean; all vessels of wood, or garment, or skin, or sack, every vessel wherewith work is done -- it shall be put into water, and be unclean until the even; then shall it be clean. ³³ And every earthen vessel into which [any] of them falleth -- whatever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it. ³⁴ All food that is eaten on which [such] water hath come shall be unclean; and all drink that is drunk shall be unclean, in every [such] vessel. ³⁵ And everything where upon [any part] of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; oven and hearth shall be broken down: they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. ³⁶ Nevertheless, a spring or a well, a quantity of water, shall be clean. But he that toucheth their carcase shall be unclean. ³⁷ And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing-seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean; ³⁸ but if water have been put on the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. ³⁹ And if any beast which is to you for food die, he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even. 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. ⁴¹ And every crawling thing which crawleth on the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten. 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. ⁴³ Ye shall not make yourselves abominable through any crawling thing which crawleth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. ⁴⁴ For I am Jehovah your God; and ye shall hallow yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean through any manner of crawling thing which creepeth on the earth. ⁴⁵ For I am Jehovah who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. ⁴⁶ This is the law of cattle, and of fowl, and of every living soul that moveth in the waters, and of every soul that crawleth on the earth; ⁴⁷ to make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that is to be eaten and the beast that is not to be eaten.

¹⁷ Better is a meal of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred therewith.

²⁵ The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent`s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah.

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.

¹¹ Not what enters into the mouth defiles the man; but what goes forth out of the mouth, this defiles the man.

¹ Now him that is weak in the faith receive, not to [the] determining of questions of reasoning. ² One man is assured that he may eat all things; but the weak eats herbs. ³ Let not him that eats make little of him that eats not; and let not him that eats not judge him that eats: for God has received him.

⁶ He that regards the day, regards it to [the] Lord. And he that eats, eats to [the] Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he that does not eat, [it is] to [the] Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks.

¹ But the Spirit speaks expressly, that in latter times some shall apostatise from the faith, giving their mind to deceiving spirits and teachings of demons ² speaking lies in hypocrisy, cauterised as to their own conscience, ³ forbidding to marry, [bidding] to abstain from meats, which God has created for receiving with thanksgiving for them who are faithful and know the truth. ⁴ For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing [is] to be rejected, being received with thanksgiving;

⁴ Only, the flesh with its life, its blood, ye shall not eat.

⁶ The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatted beast together, and a little child shall lead them. ⁷ And the cow and the she-bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. ⁸ And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the adder, and the weaned child shall put forth its hand to the viper`s den. ⁹ They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.

¹² Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink; ¹³ 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. <sup>14</sup> And he hearkened unto them in this matter, and proved them ten days. <sup>15</sup> 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. ¹⁶ So the steward took away their delicate food, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.

³ Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you: as the green herb I give you everything.

¹⁷ for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in [the] Holy Spirit.

¹ Now him that is weak in the faith receive, not to [the] determining of questions of reasoning. ² One man is assured that he may eat all things; but the weak eats herbs. ³ Let not him that eats make little of him that eats not; and let not him that eats not judge him that eats: for God has received him. ⁴ Who art *thou* that judgest the servant of another? to his own master he stands or falls. And he shall be made to stand; for the Lord is able to make him stand. ⁵ One man esteems day more than day; another esteems every day [alike]. Let each be fully persuaded in his own mind. ⁶ He that regards the day, regards it to [the] Lord. And he that eats, eats to [the] Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he that does not eat, [it is] to [the] Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks. ⁷ For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself. ⁸ For both if we should live, [it is] to the Lord we live; and if we should die, [it is] to the Lord we die: both if we should live then, and if we should die, we are the Lord`s. ⁹ For to this [end] Christ has died and lived [again], that he might rule over both dead and living. ¹⁰ But thou, why judgest thou thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou make little of thy brother? for we shall all be placed before the judgment-seat of God. ¹¹ For it is written, *I* live, saith [the] Lord, that to me shall bow every knee, and every tongue shall confess to God. ¹² So then each of us shall give an account concerning himself to God. ¹³ Let us no longer therefore judge one another; but judge ye this rather, not to put a stumbling-block or a fall-trap before his brother. ¹⁴ I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except to him who reckons anything to be unclean, to that man [it is] unclean. ¹⁵ For if on account of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer according to love. Destroy not him with thy meat for whom Christ has died. ¹⁶ Let not then your good be evil spoken of; ¹⁷ for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in [the] Holy Spirit. ¹⁸ For he that in this serves the Christ [is] acceptable to God and approved of men. ¹⁹ So then let us pursue the things which tend to peace, and things whereby one shall build up another. ²⁰ For the sake of meat do not destroy the work of God. All things indeed [are] pure; but [it is] evil to that man who eats while stumbling [in doing so]. ²¹ [It is] right not to eat meat, nor drink wine, nor [do anything] in which thy brother stumbles, or is offended, or is weak. ²² Hast *thou* faith? have [it] to thyself before God. Blessed [is] he who does not judge himself in what he allows. ²³ But he that doubts, if he eat, is condemned; because [it is] not of faith; but whatever [is] not of faith is sin.

³⁰ and to every animal of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth on the earth, in which is a living soul, every green herb for food. And it was so.

²⁹ And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb producing seed that is on the whole earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree producing seed: it shall be food for you; ³⁰ and to every animal of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth on the earth, in which is a living soul, every green herb for food. And it was so.

²¹ [It is] right not to eat meat, nor drink wine, nor [do anything] in which thy brother stumbles, or is offended, or is weak.