Biblical References to Flesh
And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.
Isaiah 66:22-24 (in Context) Isaiah 66 (Whole Chapter)
And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
Isaiah 66:23-24 (in Context) Isaiah 66 (Whole Chapter)
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
Jeremiah 7:20-22 (in Context) Jeremiah 7 (Whole Chapter)
What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.
Jeremiah 11:14-16 (in Context) Jeremiah 11 (Whole Chapter)
The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
Jeremiah 12:11-13 (in Context) Jeremiah 12 (Whole Chapter)
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Jeremiah 17:4-6 (in Context) Jeremiah 17 (Whole Chapter)
And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.
Jeremiah 19:8-10 (in Context) Jeremiah 19 (Whole Chapter)
A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 25:30-32 (in Context) Jeremiah 25 (Whole Chapter)
Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?
Jeremiah 32:26-28 (in Context) Jeremiah 32 (Whole Chapter)
And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
Jeremiah 45:4-5 (in Context) Jeremiah 45 (Whole Chapter)
The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
Jeremiah 51:34-36 (in Context) Jeremiah 51 (Whole Chapter)
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
Lamentations 3:3-5 (in Context) Lamentations 3 (Whole Chapter)
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
Ezekiel 4:13-15 (in Context) Ezekiel 4 (Whole Chapter)
Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
Ezekiel 11:2-4 (in Context) Ezekiel 11 (Whole Chapter)
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.
Ezekiel 11:6-8 (in Context) Ezekiel 11 (Whole Chapter)
This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:
Ezekiel 11:10-12 (in Context) Ezekiel 11 (Whole Chapter)
And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
Ezekiel 11:18-20 (in Context) Ezekiel 11 (Whole Chapter)
Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.
Ezekiel 16:25-27 (in Context) Ezekiel 16 (Whole Chapter)
And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.
Ezekiel 20:47-49 (in Context) Ezekiel 20 (Whole Chapter)
Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
Ezekiel 21:3-5 (in Context) Ezekiel 21 (Whole Chapter)
That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.
Ezekiel 21:4-6 (in Context) Ezekiel 21 (Whole Chapter)
For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
Ezekiel 23:19-21 (in Context) Ezekiel 23 (Whole Chapter)
Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
Ezekiel 24:9-11 (in Context) Ezekiel 24 (Whole Chapter)
And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.
Ezekiel 32:4-6 (in Context) Ezekiel 32 (Whole Chapter)
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
Ezekiel 36:25-27 (in Context) Ezekiel 36 (Whole Chapter)
And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 37:5-7 (in Context) Ezekiel 37 (Whole Chapter)
And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
Ezekiel 37:7-9 (in Context) Ezekiel 37 (Whole Chapter)
And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
Ezekiel 39:16-18 (in Context) Ezekiel 39 (Whole Chapter)
Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
Ezekiel 39:17-19 (in Context) Ezekiel 39 (Whole Chapter)
And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.
Ezekiel 40:42-44 (in Context) Ezekiel 40 (Whole Chapter)
In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.
Ezekiel 44:6-8 (in Context) Ezekiel 44 (Whole Chapter)
Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.
Ezekiel 44:8-10 (in Context) Ezekiel 44 (Whole Chapter)
And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.
Daniel 1:14-16 (in Context) Daniel 1 (Whole Chapter)
And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
Daniel 2:10-12 (in Context) Daniel 2 (Whole Chapter)
The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
Daniel 4:11-13 (in Context) Daniel 4 (Whole Chapter)
And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
Daniel 7:4-6 (in Context) Daniel 7 (Whole Chapter)
I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
Daniel 10:2-4 (in Context) Daniel 10 (Whole Chapter)
They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
Hosea 8:12-14 (in Context) Hosea 8 (Whole Chapter)
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
Joel 2:27-29 (in Context) Joel 2 (Whole Chapter)
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Micah 3:1-3 (in Context) Micah 3 (Whole Chapter)
Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
Micah 3:2-4 (in Context) Micah 3 (Whole Chapter)
And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
Zephaniah 1:16-18 (in Context) Zephaniah 1 (Whole Chapter)
If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
Haggai 2:11-13 (in Context) Haggai 2 (Whole Chapter)
Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
Zechariah 2:12-13 (in Context) Zechariah 2 (Whole Chapter)
Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.
Zechariah 11:8-10 (in Context) Zechariah 11 (Whole Chapter)
For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
Zechariah 11:15-17 (in Context) Zechariah 11 (Whole Chapter)
And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
Zechariah 14:11-13 (in Context) Zechariah 14 (Whole Chapter)
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 16:16-18 (in Context) Matthew 16 (Whole Chapter)
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
Matthew 19:4-6 (in Context) Matthew 19 (Whole Chapter)
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Matthew 19:5-7 (in Context) Matthew 19 (Whole Chapter)
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