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Bible Verses About Eating Meat
Find Bible verses about eating meat — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about eating meat?
The Bible addresses eating meat with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Numbers 11:13
“Where could I get meat to give to all this people? For they weep to me, saying, 'Give us meat, that we may eat.'”
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1 Corinthians 8:13
“Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forevermore, that I don't cause my brother to stumble.”
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Luke 7:34
“The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'”
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Luke 7:33
“For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.'”
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Judges 6:21
“Then the angel of Yahweh stretched out the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and fire went up out of the rock, and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of Yahweh departed out of his sight.”
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Exodus 16:12
“"I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, 'At evening you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread: and you shall know that I am Yahweh yo...”
Matthew 24:38
“For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,”
1 Kings 4:20
“Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.”
Exodus 16:8
“Moses said, "Now Yahweh shall give you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to satisfy you; because Yahweh hears your murmurings which you murmur against him. And who are we? Your murm...”
Romans 14:21
“It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.”
Proverbs 9:2
“She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.”
Matthew 11:18
“For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'”
Job 20:23
“When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.”
Jeremiah 7:21
“Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat meat.”
Leviticus 19:26
“"'You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it; neither shall you use enchantments, nor practice sorcery.”
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Job 31:31 — “if the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'...”
1 Samuel 14:33 — “Then they told Saul, saying, "Behold, the people are sinning against Yahweh, in that they eat meat w...”
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