Genesis 9:4

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 12:16 : 16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
  • Deut 12:23 : 23 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.
  • Acts 15:20 : 20 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.
  • Acts 15:29 : 29 that ye abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, it shall be well with you. Fare ye well.
  • Lev 17:10-14 : 10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood, I will set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh atonement by reason of the life. 12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. 13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, who taketh in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. 14 For as to the life of all flesh, the blood thereof is [all one] with the life thereof: 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 the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.
  • Lev 19:26 : 26 Ye shall not eat anything with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantments, nor practise augury.
  • Lev 3:17 : 17 It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood.
  • Lev 7:26 : 26 And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of bird or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
  • Deut 15:23 : 23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it out upon the ground as water.
  • 1 Sam 14:33-34 : 33 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. 34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against Jehovah in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.
  • Deut 14:21 : 21 Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou mayest give it unto the sojourner that is within thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner: for thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
  • 1 Tim 4:4 : 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving:
  • Acts 15:25 : 25 it seemed good unto us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Deut 12:23-24
    2 verses
    88%

    23Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.

    24Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

  • Lev 17:10-15
    6 verses
    87%

    10And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood, I will set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

    11For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh atonement by reason of the life.

    12Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.

    13And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, who taketh in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.

    14For as to the life of all flesh, the blood thereof is [all one] with the life thereof: 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 the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.

    15And every soul that eateth that which dieth of itself, or that which is torn of beasts, whether he be home-born or a sojourner, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.

  • Lev 7:24-27
    4 verses
    83%

    24And the fat of that which dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn of beasts, may be used for any other service; but ye shall in no wise eat of it.

    25For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.

    26And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of bird or of beast, in any of your dwellings.

    27Whosoever it be that eateth any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people.

  • Gen 9:3
    81%

    3Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.

  • Deut 15:23
    81%

    23Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it out upon the ground as water.

  • Deut 12:15-16
    2 verses
    81%

    15Notwithstanding, 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.

    16Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

  • Gen 9:5-6
    2 verses
    81%

    5And surely your blood, [the blood] of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man.

    6Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: For in the image of God made he man.

  • Lev 3:17
    78%

    17It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood.

  • Lev 19:26
    78%

    26Ye shall not eat anything with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantments, nor practise augury.

  • John 6:53
    77%

    53Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves.

  • Ezek 39:17-19
    3 verses
    76%

    17And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Speak unto the birds of every sort, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh and drink blood.

    18Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

    19And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

  • Lev 6:27
    75%

    27Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy; and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in a holy place.

  • Lev 11:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.

    9These 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.

  • Deut 14:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

    4These are the beasts which ye may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

  • Lev 22:8
    74%

    8That which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith: I am Jehovah.

  • Exod 22:31
    73%

    31And ye shall be holy men unto me: therefore ye shall not eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.

  • Ezek 33:25
    73%

    25Wherefore 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?

  • Exod 12:9
    73%

    9Eat not of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs and with the inwards thereof.

  • Deut 14:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20Of all clean birds ye may eat.

    21Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou mayest give it unto the sojourner that is within thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner: for thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

  • Ezek 44:31
    73%

    31The priests shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself, or is torn, whether it be bird or beast.

  • Lev 7:20
    73%

    20but the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, that pertain unto Jehovah, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from his people.

  • Num 35:33
    72%

    33So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

  • Lev 11:2
    72%

    2Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the living things which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.

  • Lev 17:3
    72%

    3What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it without the camp,

  • John 6:55
    72%

    55For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

  • Heb 9:20
    72%

    20saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded to you-ward.

  • Deut 14:9
    72%

    9These ye may eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales may ye eat;

  • Lev 11:39
    72%

    39And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even.