1 Corinthians 10:28

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

But 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:

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  • Exod 9:29 : 29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD'S.
  • Deut 10:14 : 14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD'S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
  • Ps 24:1 : 1 A alm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
  • Ps 115:16 : 16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
  • Jer 27:5-6 : 5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. 6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
  • Matt 6:31-32 : 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
  • Rom 14:15 : 15 But if thy bther be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Desty not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
  • 1 Cor 8:7 : 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.
  • 1 Cor 8:10-13 : 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 10:26 : 26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.

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  • 86%

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

    26For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.

    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.

  • 81%

    29Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?

    30For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

    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:

  • 1 Cor 8:7-10
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    7Howbeit 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;

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    18Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?

    19What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?

    20But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.

  • 1 Cor 8:4-5
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    4As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.

    5For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)

  • Rom 14:20-23
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    20For meat desty not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

    21It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy bther 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 14:5-6
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    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.

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

  • 1A alm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

  • Rom 14:14-16
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    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 bther be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Desty not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

    16Let not then your good be evil spoken of:

  • Rom 14:2-3
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    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.

  • 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.

  • 1 Tim 4:3-4
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    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:

  • 10We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.

  • 12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

  • 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.

  • 10In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.

  • 25Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.

  • 10When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

  • 14And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.

  • 3Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

  • 8Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his peop.

  • 34And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.

  • 15Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

  • 8And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,

  • 7Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

  • 8And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:

  • 30And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S: it is holy unto the LORD.

  • 30On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall ave none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD.

  • 13And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded.

  • 16And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD'S.