Romans 14:20

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed [are] pure; but [it is] evil for that man who eateth with offence.

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  • Rom 14:14-15 : 14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that [there is] nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean. 15 But if thy brother be grieved with [thy] meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
  • Acts 10:15 : 15 And the voice [spake] unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, [that] call not thou common.
  • Titus 1:15 : 15 Unto the pure all things [are] pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving [is] nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
  • 1 Tim 4:3-5 : 3 Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: 5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
  • Matt 15:11 : 11 ‹Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.›
  • Matt 18:6 : 6 ‹But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and› [that] ‹he were drowned in the depth of the sea.›
  • Rom 14:21 : 21 [It is] good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [any thing] whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
  • 1 Cor 6:12-13 : 12 ¶ All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body [is] not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
  • 1 Cor 8:8-9 : 8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. 9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. 10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; 11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? 12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. 13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
  • 1 Cor 10:31-33 : 31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: 33 Even as I please all [men] in all [things], not seeking mine own profit, but the [profit] of many, that they may be saved.
  • Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
  • Phil 1:6 : 6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus Christ:

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  • Rom 14:21-23
    3 verses
    87%

    21[It is] good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [any thing] whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

    22Hast thou faith? have [it] to thyself before God. Happy [is] he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.

    23And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because [he eateth] not of faith: for whatsoever [is] not of faith is sin.

  • Rom 14:13-19
    7 verses
    83%

    13Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in [his] brother's way.

    14I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that [there is] nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean.

    15But if thy brother be grieved with [thy] meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

    16Let not then your good be evil spoken of:

    17For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

    18For he that in these things serveth Christ [is] acceptable to God, and approved of men.

    19Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

  • 1 Cor 8:12-13
    2 verses
    80%

    12But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.

    13Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

  • Rom 14:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1¶ Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, [but] not to doubtful disputations.

    2For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.

    3Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

  • 1 Cor 8:7-10
    4 verses
    78%

    7¶ Howbeit [there is] not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat [it] as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

    8But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.

    9But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.

    10For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

  • Matt 15:20
    76%

    20‹These are› [the things] ‹which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.›

  • Mark 7:18-20
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    18And he saith unto them, ‹Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man,› [it] ‹cannot defile him;›

    19‹Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?›

    20And he said, ‹That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.›

  • 1 Cor 10:25
    75%

    25Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, [that] eat, asking no question for conscience sake:

  • 1 Cor 10:27-28
    2 verses
    75%

    27If any of them that believe not bid you [to a feast], and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

    28But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth [is] the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:

  • 1 Cor 10:31-32
    2 verses
    74%

    31Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

    32Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:

  • Titus 1:15
    74%

    15Unto the pure all things [are] pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving [is] nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

  • 1 Cor 6:12-13
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    74%

    12¶ All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

    13Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body [is] not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

  • Rom 14:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day [alike]. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

    6He that regardeth the day, regardeth [it] unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard [it]. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.

  • 1 Tim 4:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

    4For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

  • Acts 15:20
    72%

    20But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and [from] fornication, and [from] things strangled, and [from] blood.

  • Deut 14:3
    72%

    3Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

  • Deut 14:20
    72%

    20[But of] all clean fowls ye may eat.

  • Lev 7:19-20
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    72%

    19And the flesh that toucheth any unclean [thing] shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.

    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.

  • Acts 15:29
    72%

    29That 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.

  • Acts 10:14
    72%

    14But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

  • Matt 15:11
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    11‹Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.›

  • Heb 13:9
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    9Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For [it is] a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.

  • 2 Cor 6:3
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    3Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

  • Deut 14:10
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    10And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it [is] unclean unto you.

  • Lev 11:47
    71%

    47To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.

  • 1 Cor 10:23
    70%

    23¶ All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

  • Matt 15:17
    70%

    17‹Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?›

  • Acts 21:25
    70%

    25As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written [and] concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from [things] offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.