What the Bible says about

Blood

110 references · Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · tap any verse for study tools

“But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.”
Genesis 9:4 BSB
“For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.”
Leviticus 17:11 BSB
“For the life of all flesh is its blood. Therefore I have told the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any living thing, because the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.’”
Leviticus 17:14 BSB
“You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.”
Leviticus 19:16 BSB
“Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.”
Deuteronomy 12:23 BSB
““I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.””
Matthew 27:4 BSB
“When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.””
Matthew 27:24 BSB
“This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.””
Leviticus 3:17 BSB
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