Matthew 7:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.”
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“Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Ye may not give that which is <FI>holy<Fi> to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned--may rend you.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 7:6 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 9:7He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
- Proverbs 11:22Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
- Proverbs 23:9Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
- Proverbs 26:11As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
- Matthew 10:14And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.
- Matthew 15:26But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
- Matthew 22:5But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.
- Matthew 24:10At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,
- Acts 13:45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
- 2 Corinthians 11:26In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,
- Philippians 3:2Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!
- 2 Timothy 4:14Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
- Hebrews 6:6and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.
- Hebrews 10:29How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
- 2 Peter 2:22Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
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