Genesis 9:4

New Living Translation

But you must never eat any meat that still has the lifeblood in it.

Cross References

Ezekiel 33:25

So tell these people, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You eat meat with blood in it, you worship idols, and you murder the innocent. Do you really think the land should be yours?

Leviticus 19:26

“Do not eat meat that has not been drained of its blood. “Do not practice fortune-telling or witchcraft.

Leviticus 3:17

“You must never eat any fat or blood. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation, wherever you live.”

Leviticus 7:26

No matter where you live, you must never consume the blood of any bird or animal.

Acts 15:20

Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from eating food offered to idols, from sexual immorality, from eating the meat of strangled animals, and from consuming blood.

Acts 15:25

So we decided, having come to complete agreement, to send you official representatives, along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

Acts 15:29

You must abstain from eating food offered to idols, from consuming blood or the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. If you do this, you will do well. Farewell.”

Deuteronomy 12:16

But you must not consume the blood. You must pour it out on the ground like water.

Deuteronomy 12:23

But never consume the blood, for the blood is the life, and you must not consume the lifeblood with the meat.

Deuteronomy 14:21

“You must not eat anything that has died a natural death. You may give it to a foreigner living in your town, or you may sell it to a stranger. But do not eat it yourselves, for you are set apart as holy to the Lord your God. “You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Deuteronomy 15:23

But you must not consume the blood. You must pour it out on the ground like water.

1 Timothy 4:4

Since everything God created is good, we should not reject any of it but receive it with thanks.

1 Samuel 14:32

That evening they rushed for the battle plunder and butchered the sheep, goats, cattle, and calves, but they ate them without draining the blood.