Matthew 7:6

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹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.›

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  • Prov 9:7-8 : 7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot. 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
  • Prov 23:9 : 9 ¶ Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
  • Acts 13:45-47 : 45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. 46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. 47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, [saying], I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
  • 2 Tim 4:14-15 : 14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: 15 Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.
  • Prov 26:11 : 11 ¶ As a dog returneth to his vomit, [so] a fool returneth to his folly.
  • Matt 10:14-15 : 14 ‹And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.› 15 ‹Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.›
  • Matt 15:26 : 26 But he answered and said, ‹It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast› [it] ‹to dogs.›
  • Heb 10:29 : 29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
  • Phil 3:2 : 2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
  • Prov 11:22 : 22 ¶ [As] a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, [so is] a fair woman which is without discretion.
  • Matt 24:10 : 10 ‹And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.›

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