-
Genesis 9:4
“ But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. (niv)
-
Jeremiah 7:9-10
“‘ Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not known,and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my Name, and say,“ We are safe”— safe to do all these detestable things? (niv)
-
Deuteronomy 12:16
But you must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water. (niv)
-
Ezekiel 22:6
“‘ See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood. (niv)
-
Ezekiel 18:6
He does not eat at the mountain shrines or look to the idols of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or have sexual relations with a woman during her period. (niv)
-
Ezekiel 22:27
Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey; they shed blood and kill people to make unjust gain. (niv)
-
Leviticus 3:17
“‘ This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.’” (niv)
-
Leviticus 17:10-14
“‘ I will set my face against any Israelite or any foreigner residing among them who eats blood, and I will cut them off from the people.For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.Therefore I say to the Israelites,“ None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner residing among you eat blood.”“‘ Any Israelite or any foreigner residing among you who hunts any animal or bird that may be eaten must drain out the blood and cover it with earth,because the life of every creature is its blood. That is why I have said to the Israelites,“ You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood; anyone who eats it must be cut off.” (niv)
-
Ezekiel 18:12
He oppresses the poor and needy. He commits robbery. He does not return what he took in pledge. He looks to the idols. He does detestable things. (niv)
-
Leviticus 19:26
“‘ Do not eat any meat with the blood still in it.“‘ Do not practice divination or seek omens. (niv)
-
Ezekiel 18:15
“ He does not eat at the mountain shrines or look to the idols of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife. (niv)
-
Deuteronomy 4:19
And when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars— all the heavenly array— do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshiping things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven. (niv)
-
Leviticus 7:26-27
And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal.Anyone who eats blood must be cut off from their people.’” (niv)
-
Jeremiah 44:15-19
Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, along with all the women who were present— a large assembly— and all the people living in Lower and Upper Egypt, said to Jeremiah,“ We will not listen to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord!We will certainly do everything we said we would: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and were well off and suffered no harm.But ever since we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have had nothing and have been perishing by sword and famine.”The women added,“ When we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, did not our husbands know that we were making cakes impressed with her image and pouring out drink offerings to her?” (niv)
-
Ezekiel 22:9
In you are slanderers who are bent on shedding blood; in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines and commit lewd acts. (niv)
-
Acts 15:20-21
Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.For the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.” (niv)
-
Ezekiel 9:9
He answered me,“ The sin of the people of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of injustice. They say,‘ The Lord has forsaken the land; the Lord does not see.’ (niv)
-
Acts 21:25
As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they should abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality.” (niv)
-
1 Samuel 14 32-1 Samuel 14 34
They pounced on the plunder and, taking sheep, cattle and calves, they butchered them on the ground and ate them, together with the blood.Then someone said to Saul,“ Look, the men are sinning against the Lord by eating meat that has blood in it.”“ You have broken faith,” he said.“ Roll a large stone over here at once.”Then he said,“ Go out among the men and tell them,‘ Each of you bring me your cattle and sheep, and slaughter them here and eat them. Do not sin against the Lord by eating meat with blood still in it.’” So everyone brought his ox that night and slaughtered it there. (niv)
-
Acts 15:29
You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell. (niv)
-
Psalms 24:4
The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not trust in an idol or swear by a false god. (niv)