Genesis 9:3
Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As the green herb, I have given everything to you.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
4But flesh with its life, its blood, you shall not eat.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:1The Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
Deuteronomy 12:15Notwithstanding, you may kill and eat flesh within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which he has given you: the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.
Psalms 104:14He causes the grass to grow for the livestock,and plants for man to cultivate,that he may bring forth food out of the earth:
Romans 14:3Do not let him who eats despise him who does not eat. Do not let him who does not eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him.
Romans 14:17for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 10:23"All things are lawful," but not all things are profitable. "All things are lawful," but not all things build up.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 9:2-8
Blessing of Noah and His Sons. ( b. c. 2348.) 1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. 4 But flesh with the life… Read the whole commentary →