Leviticus 19:26

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Do not eat any meat with the blood still in it. Do not practice divination or seek omens.

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  • 2 Kgs 17:17 : 17 They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire, practiced divination and sorcery, and sold themselves to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger.
  • Deut 12:23 : 23 But be sure you do not eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
  • 2 Kgs 21:6 : 6 He sacrificed his own son by fire, practiced divination and omen reading, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
  • 2 Chr 33:6 : 6 He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced divination, sought omens, practiced witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger.
  • Lev 3:17 : 17 This is a permanent statute for your generations in all your dwelling places: You must not eat any fat or blood.
  • Lev 7:26 : 26 And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal.
  • Lev 17:10-14 : 10 Any Israelite or foreigner living among them who eats any blood, I will set my face against that person and cut them off from their people. 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life. 12 Therefore, I have said to the Israelites: None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood. 13 Any Israelite or foreigner living among you who hunts and catches a wild animal or bird that may be eaten must drain its blood and cover it with earth. 14 For the life of every creature is in its blood, and I have told the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is in its blood. Anyone who eats it must be cut off.
  • Exod 7:11 : 11 Pharaoh then summoned the wise men and sorcerers, and the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their secret arts.
  • Exod 8:7 : 7 The frogs will depart from you, your houses, your officials, and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.
  • Jer 10:2 : 2 This is what the Lord says: Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the sky, even though the nations are terrified by them.
  • Dan 2:10 : 10 The Chaldeans answered the king, saying, "There is no man on earth who can declare the king's matter. No great and powerful king has ever asked such a thing from any magician, enchanter, or Chaldean.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 I will come near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, and those who swear falsely; against those who defraud workers of their wages, oppress widows and orphans, and deprive foreigners of justice. They do not fear me, says the Lord of Hosts.
  • Deut 18:10-14 : 10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, practices divination, tells fortunes, interprets omens, or engages in witchcraft. 11 Or one who casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or who seeks the dead. 12 For anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD. Because of these detestable practices, the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you. 13 You must be blameless before the LORD your God. 14 The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination. But as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do so.
  • 1 Sam 15:23 : 23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and defiance is like iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 7:24-28
    5 verses
    79%

    24The fat of an animal found dead and the fat of an animal torn by wild beasts may be used for any other purpose but must not be eaten.

    25Anyone who eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering to the Lord is made must be cut off from their people.

    26And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal.

    27Anyone who eats blood must be cut off from their people.

    28Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Lev 19:27-28
    2 verses
    78%

    27Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.

    28Do not make cuts on your body for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

  • Gen 9:4
    78%

    4But you must not eat meat that still has its lifeblood in it.

  • Deut 12:23-25
    3 verses
    77%

    23But be sure you do not eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

    24You must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.

    25Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

  • Lev 17:10-14
    5 verses
    76%

    10Any Israelite or foreigner living among them who eats any blood, I will set my face against that person and cut them off from their people.

    11For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life.

    12Therefore, I have said to the Israelites: None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.

    13Any Israelite or foreigner living among you who hunts and catches a wild animal or bird that may be eaten must drain its blood and cover it with earth.

    14For the life of every creature is in its blood, and I have told the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is in its blood. Anyone who eats it must be cut off.

  • Lev 3:17
    75%

    17This is a permanent statute for your generations in all your dwelling places: You must not eat any fat or blood.

  • Deut 12:16
    75%

    16But you must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.

  • Deut 18:9-11
    3 verses
    74%

    9When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable practices of those nations.

    10Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, practices divination, tells fortunes, interprets omens, or engages in witchcraft.

    11Or one who casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or who seeks the dead.

  • Deut 15:23
    73%

    23However, you must not eat its blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.

  • Deut 14:3
    72%

    3You shall not eat any detestable thing.

  • Lev 21:5
    72%

    5They must not shave bald spots on their heads, trim the edges of their beards, or make cuts on their bodies.

  • Deut 18:14
    72%

    14The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination. But as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do so.

  • Lev 19:25
    72%

    25But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit. In this way your harvest will increase. I am the LORD your God.

  • Lev 19:31
    71%

    31Do not turn to mediums or spiritists. Do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 14:21
    70%

    21You shall not eat anything that dies naturally. You may give it to the foreigner living in your towns so that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people set apart for the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

  • Deut 14:1
    70%

    1You are children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave a bald spot on your foreheads for the dead.

  • Ezek 33:25
    70%

    25Therefore, say to them, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: You eat meat with the blood still in it, you look to your idols, and you shed blood. Should you then possess the land?'

  • Lev 22:24
    69%

    24You must not offer to the LORD any animals that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut, nor are you to do this in your land.

  • Lev 19:19
    69%

    19Keep my decrees. Do not mate different kinds of animals. Do not plant your field with different kinds of seed. Do not wear clothing woven from two kinds of material.

  • Exod 22:18
    69%

    18Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal must surely be put to death.

  • Ezek 39:19
    69%

    19You will eat fat until you are satisfied and drink blood until you are drunk, from the sacrifice that I have prepared for you.

  • Lev 18:30
    69%

    30So keep my charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were done before you, so you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.

  • Ezek 44:31
    68%

    31The priests must not eat any bird or animal that has died naturally or been torn by wild beasts.

  • Lev 18:26
    68%

    26But you are to keep my statutes and my judgments. Do not commit any of these abominations, whether you are a native-born or a foreigner residing among you.

  • Exod 34:25
    68%

    25Do not offer the blood of My sacrifice with anything leavened, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Feast remain until morning.

  • Deut 17:1
    68%

    1Do not sacrifice to the LORD your God a bull or sheep with a defect or any flaw, for that would be detestable to the LORD your God.

  • Lev 22:8
    68%

    8He must not eat anything that has died naturally or been torn by wild animals, making himself unclean by it. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 22:20
    68%

    20Do not offer anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.