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Psalms 141:4
Do not let my heart turn to any evil thing or perform wicked acts with evildoers. Do not let me feast on their delicacies.
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Ezekiel 4:13-14
The LORD said,“ This is how the Israelites will eat their bread— ceremonially unclean— among the nations where I will banish them.”But I said,“ Oh, Lord GOD, I have never been defiled. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything that died naturally or was mauled by wild beasts. And impure meat has never entered my mouth.”
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Hosea 9:3-4
They will not stay in the land of the LORD. Instead, Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.They will not pour out their wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please him. Their food will be like the bread of mourners; all who eat it become defiled. For their bread will be for their appetites alone; it will not enter the house of the LORD.
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Leviticus 11:45-47
For I am the LORD, who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God, so you must be holy because I am holy.“ This is the law concerning animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that swarm on the ground,in order to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the animals that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.”
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1 Corinthians 10 18-1 Corinthians 10 21
Consider the people of Israel. Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?What am I saying then? That food sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?No, but I do say that what they sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons!You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot share in the Lord’s table and the table of demons.
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Psalms 119:115
Depart from me, you evil ones, so that I may obey my God’s commands.
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1 Corinthians 7 37
But he who stands firm in his heart( who is under no compulsion, but has control over his own will) and has decided in his heart to keep her as his fiancée, will do well.
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Deuteronomy 32:38
Who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let it be a shelter for you.
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Acts 11:23
When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,
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2 Corinthians 9 7
Each person should do as he has decided in his heart— not reluctantly or out of compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver.
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Daniel 1:5
The king assigned them daily provisions from the royal food and from the wine that he drank. They were to be trained for three years, and at the end of that time they were to attend the king.
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1 Corinthians 10 28-1 Corinthians 10 31
But if someone says to you,“ This is food from a sacrifice,” do not eat it, out of consideration for the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience.I do not mean your own conscience, but the other person’s. For why is my freedom judged by another person’s conscience?If I partake with thanksgiving, why am I criticized because of something for which I give thanks?So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.
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Psalms 119:106
I have solemnly sworn to keep your righteous judgments.
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1 Corinthians 8 7-1 Corinthians 8 10
However, not everyone has this knowledge. Some have been so used to idolatry up until now that when they eat food sacrificed to an idol, their conscience, being weak, is defiled.Food will not bring us close to God. We are not worse off if we don’t eat, and we are not better if we do eat.But be careful that this right of yours in no way becomes a stumbling block to the weak.For if someone sees you, the one who has knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, won’t his weak conscience be encouraged to eat food offered to idols?
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Romans 14:15-17
For if your brother or sister is hurt by what you eat, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy, by what you eat, someone for whom Christ died.Therefore, do not let your good be slandered,for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
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Acts 10:14-16
“ No, Lord!” Peter said.“ For I have never eaten anything impure and ritually unclean.”Again, a second time, the voice said to him,“ What God has made clean, do not call impure.”This happened three times, and suddenly the object was taken up into heaven.
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1 Kings 5 5
So I plan to build a temple for the name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD promised my father David:‘ I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the temple for my name.’
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Ruth 1:17-18
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and do so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped talking to her.
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Psalms 106:28
They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.