Daniel 1:8
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8 But Daniel resolved not to defile(A) himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way.
Psalm 141:4
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Ezekiel 4:13-14
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13 The Lord said, “In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where I will drive them.”(A)
14 Then I said, “Not so, Sovereign Lord!(B) I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead(C) or torn by wild animals. No impure meat has ever entered my mouth.(D)”
1 Corinthians 10:18-21
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18 Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices(A) participate in the altar? 19 Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?(B) 20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons,(C) not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons.(D)
Hosea 9:3-4
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3 They will not remain(A) in the Lord’s land;
Ephraim will return to Egypt(B)
and eat unclean food in Assyria.(C)
4 They will not pour out wine offerings(D) to the Lord,
nor will their sacrifices please(E) him.
Such sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners;(F)
all who eat them will be unclean.(G)
This food will be for themselves;
it will not come into the temple of the Lord.(H)
Leviticus 11:45-47
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45 I am the Lord, who brought you up out of Egypt(A) to be your God;(B) therefore be holy, because I am holy.(C)
46 “‘These are the regulations concerning animals, birds, every living thing that moves about in the water and every creature that moves along the ground. 47 You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.(D)’”
1 Corinthians 7:37
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37 But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin—this man also does the right thing.
Psalm 119:115
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115 Away from me,(A) you evildoers,
that I may keep the commands of my God!
Deuteronomy 32:38
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38 the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices
and drank the wine of their drink offerings?(A)
Let them rise up to help you!
Let them give you shelter!
2 Corinthians 9:7
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7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give,(A) not reluctantly or under compulsion,(B) for God loves a cheerful giver.(C)
1 Corinthians 10:28-31
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28 But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, both for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience.(A) 29 I am referring to the other person’s conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom(B) being judged by another’s conscience? 30 If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for?(C)
31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.(D)
1 Corinthians 8:7-10
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7 But not everyone possesses this knowledge.(A) Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak,(B) it is defiled. 8 But food does not bring us near to God;(C) we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
9 Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block(D) to the weak.(E) 10 For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols?(F)
Acts 11:23
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23 When he arrived and saw what the grace of God had done,(A) he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts.(B)
Daniel 1:5
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5 The king assigned them a daily amount of food and wine(A) from the king’s table.(B) They were to be trained for three years,(C) and after that they were to enter the king’s service.(D)
Psalm 119:106
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Romans 14:15-17
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15 If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love.(A) Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died.(B) 16 Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.(C) 17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking,(D) but of righteousness, peace(E) and joy in the Holy Spirit,(F)
Acts 10:14-16
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14 “Surely not, Lord!”(A) Peter replied. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”(B)
15 The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”(C)
16 This happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven.
Psalm 106:28
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28 They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor(A)
and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
1 Kings 5:5
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Ruth 1:17-18
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17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely,(A) if even death separates you and me.”(B) 18 When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.(C)
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