Leviticus 11:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.”
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“All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.”
King James Version · Public Domain“All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination unto you.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Every teeming creature which is flying, which is going on four--an abomination it <FI>is<Fi> to you.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 11:20 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 11:23All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.
- Leviticus 11:27All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
- Deuteronomy 14:19All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.
- 2 Kings 17:28Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.
- Psalms 17:14from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
- Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
- Philippians 3:18For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
- 2 Timothy 4:10because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
- 1 John 2:15Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
- Jude 1:10These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
- Jude 1:19These are the ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit.
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