Leviticus 11:42

American Standard Version (1901)

Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all fours, or whatsoever hath many feet, even all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

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  • Gen 3:14-15 : 14 And Jehovah God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15 and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
  • Isa 65:25 : 25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah.
  • Mic 7:17 : 17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places; they shall come with fear unto Jehovah our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.
  • Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
  • Matt 23:23 : 23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.
  • John 8:44 : 44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.
  • 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and the purity that is toward Christ.
  • 2 Cor 11:13 : 13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ.
  • Titus 1:12 : 12 One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 11:39-41
    3 verses
    93%

    39And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even.

    40And he that eateth of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

    41And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth is an abomination; it shall not be eaten.

  • Lev 11:20-31
    12 verses
    88%

    20All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination unto you.

    21Yet these may ye eat of all winged creeping things that go upon all fours, which have legs above their feet, wherewith to leap upon the earth.

    22Even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.

    23But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination unto you.

    24And by these ye shall become unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even;

    25And whosoever beareth [aught] of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

    26Every beast which parteth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, is unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.

    27And whatsoever goeth upon its paws, among all beasts that go on all fours, they are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the even.

    28And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.

    29And these are they which are unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind,

    30and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon.

    31These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.

  • Lev 11:43-44
    2 verses
    88%

    43Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.

    44For I am Jehovah your God: sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moveth upon the earth.

  • Lev 11:2-12
    11 verses
    84%

    2Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the living things which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.

    3Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, [and] cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.

    4Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that part the hoof: the camel, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.

    5And the coney, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.

    6And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you.

    7And the swine, because he parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you.

    8Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.

    9These may ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that may ye eat.

    10And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination unto you,

    11and they shall be an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses ye shall have in abomination.

    12Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that is an abomination unto you.

  • Deut 14:3-4
    2 verses
    82%

    3Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

    4These are the beasts which ye may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

  • Deut 14:19-20
    2 verses
    79%

    19And all winged creeping things are unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.

    20Of all clean birds ye may eat.

  • Lev 11:46-47
    2 verses
    78%

    46This is the law of the beast, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth;

    47to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.

  • Deut 14:6-11
    6 verses
    78%

    6And every beast that parteth the hoof, and hath the hoof cloven in two, [and] cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.

    7Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare, and the coney; because they chew the cud but part not the hoof, they are unclean unto you.

    8And the swine, because he parteth the hoof but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you: of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch.

    9These ye may eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales may ye eat;

    10and whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat; it is unclean unto you.

    11Of all clean birds ye may eat.

  • Lev 20:25
    76%

    25Ye shall therefore make a distinction between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by bird, or by anything wherewith the ground teemeth, which I have separated from you as unclean.

  • Deut 4:18
    75%

    18the likeness of anything that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;

  • Acts 10:12
    74%

    12wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts and creeping things of the earth and birds of the heaven.

  • Gen 7:8
    74%

    8Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creepeth upon the ground,

  • Lev 11:34-35
    2 verses
    74%

    34All food [therein] which may be eaten, that on which water cometh, shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every [such] vessel shall be unclean.

    35And every thing whereupon [any part] of their carcass falleth shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.

  • Lev 22:5
    73%

    5or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;

  • Lev 18:27
    72%

    27(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled);

  • Lev 18:24
    72%

    24Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you;

  • Gen 9:4
    72%

    4But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.