Genesis 9:3

Good News Translation

Now you can eat them, as well as green plants; I give them all to you for food.

Cross References

Genesis 9:2

All the animals, birds, and fish will live in fear of you. They are all placed under your power.

Leviticus 22:8

He shall not eat the meat of any animal that has died a natural death or has been killed by wild animals; it will make him unclean. I am the Lord.

Romans 14:14

My union with the Lord Jesus makes me certain that no food is of itself ritually unclean; but if you believe that some food is unclean, then it becomes unclean for you.

Romans 14:17

For God's Kingdom is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of the righteousness, peace, and joy which the Holy Spirit gives.

Romans 14:20

Do not, because of food, destroy what God has done. All foods may be eaten, but it is wrong to eat anything that will cause someone else to fall into sin.

Romans 14:3

The person who will eat anything is not to despise the one who doesn't; while the one who eats only vegetables is not to pass judgment on the one who will eat anything; for God has accepted that person.

1 Corinthians 10:23

“We are allowed to do anything,” so they say. That is true, but not everything is good. “We are allowed to do anything”—but not everything is helpful.

1 Corinthians 10:31

Well, whatever you do, whether you eat or drink, do it all for God's glory.

Deuteronomy 12:15

“But you are free to kill and eat your animals wherever you live. You may eat as many as the Lord gives you. All of you, whether ritually clean or unclean, may eat them, just as you would eat the meat of deer or antelope.

Colossians 2:16

So let no one make rules about what you eat or drink or about holy days or the New Moon Festival or the Sabbath.