Genesis 9:4

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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; ye shall pour it 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 mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
  • Acts 15:20 : 20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
  • Acts 15:29 : 29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. 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 you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even 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 an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. 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 you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. 14 For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for 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 any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
  • Lev 3:17 : 17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
  • Lev 7:26 : 26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
  • Deut 15:23 : 23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
  • 1 Sam 14:33-34 : 33 Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: 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 the LORD 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 any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
  • 1 Tim 4:4 : 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
  • Acts 15:25 : 25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 12:23-24
    2 verses
    88%

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

    24Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it 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 you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even 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 an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

    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 you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.

    14For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for 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 died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both 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 the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: 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 the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.

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

    27Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

  • Gen 9:3
    81%

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

  • Deut 15:23
    81%

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

  • Deut 12:15-16
    2 verses
    81%

    15Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.

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

  • Gen 9:5-6
    2 verses
    81%

    5And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; 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 for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.

  • Lev 19:26
    78%

    26Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.

  • John 6:53
    77%

    53Then Jesus 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 no life in you.

  • Ezek 39:17-19
    3 verses
    76%

    17And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, 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 the holy place.

  • Lev 11:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

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

    9These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.

  • Deut 14:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

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

  • Lev 22:8
    74%

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

  • Exod 22:31
    73%

    31And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye 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 GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?

  • Exod 12:9
    73%

    9Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

  • Deut 14:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20But of all clean fowls ye may eat.

    21Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

  • Ezek 44:31
    73%

    31The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.

  • Lev 7:20
    73%

    20But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even 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 defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of 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 beasts which ye shall 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 out of 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 testament which God hath enjoined unto you.

  • Deut 14:9
    72%

    9These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:

  • Lev 11:39
    72%

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