Matthew 7:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 9:7-8 : 7 Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse. 8 Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you.
  • Prov 23:9 : 9 Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
  • Acts 13:45-47 : 45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they began to contradict what Paul was saying by reviling him. 46 Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously,“It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles. 47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us:‘I have appointed you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
  • 2 Tim 4:14-15 : 14 Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deeds. 15 You be on guard against him too, because he vehemently opposed our words.
  • Prov 26:11 : 11 Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
  • Matt 10:14-15 : 14 And if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust off your feet as you leave that house or that town. 15 I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!
  • Matt 15:26 : 26 “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs,” he said.
  • Heb 10:29 : 29 How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for the Son of God, and profanes the blood of the covenant that made him holy, and insults the Spirit of grace?
  • Phil 3:2 : 2 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate the flesh!
  • Prov 11:22 : 22 Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion.
  • Matt 24:10 : 10 Then many will be led into sin, and they will betray one another and hate one another.

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    27He said to her,“Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and to throw it to the dogs.”

  • Matt 7:7
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    7Ask, Seek, Knock“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.

  • Matt 15:26
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    26“It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs,” he said.

  • Matt 7:3-5
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    3Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?

    4Or how can you say to your brother,‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while there is a beam in your own?

    5You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

  • Matt 7:1
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    1Do Not Judge“Do not judge so that you will not be judged.

  • Matt 7:15-16
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    15A Tree and Its Fruit“Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.

    16You will recognize them by their fruit. Grapes are not gathered from thorns or figs from thistles, are they?

  • Exod 22:31
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    31“You will be holy people to me; you must not eat any meat torn by animals in the field. You must throw it to the dogs.

  • Luke 6:39
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    39He also told them a parable:“Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

  • Matt 6:1-2
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    1Pure-hearted Giving“Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

    2Thus whenever you do charitable giving, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in synagogues and on streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth, they have their reward!

  • Matt 10:6
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    6Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  • Matt 10:16
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    16Persecution of Disciples“I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

  • Luke 6:30-31
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    30Give to everyone who asks you, and do not ask for your possessions back from the person who takes them away.

    31Treat others in the same way that you would want them to treat you.

  • Luke 6:37
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    37Do Not Judge Others“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.

  • Luke 17:2
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    2It would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.

  • Matt 10:9
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    9Do not take gold, silver, or copper in your belts,

  • Matt 6:19
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    19Lasting Treasure“Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and devouring insect destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

  • Matt 6:7-8
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    7When you pray, do not babble repetitiously like the Gentiles, because they think that by their many words they will be heard.

    8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

  • 2 Pet 2:22
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    22They are illustrations of this true proverb:“A dog returns to its own vomit,” and“A sow, after washing herself, wallows in the mire.”

  • Luke 6:41-42
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    41Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?

    42How can you say to your brother,‘Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while you yourself don’t see the beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

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    14And if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust off your feet as you leave that house or that town.

  • John 7:24
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    24Do not judge according to external appearance, but judge with proper judgment.”

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    14Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.”

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    5Wherever they do not receive you, as you leave that town, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

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    37And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.

  • Matt 7:20
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    20So then, you will recognize them by their fruit.

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    17Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer?

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    17Now when Jesus had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.

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    7The pig is unclean to you because its hoof is divided(the hoof is completely split in two), even though it does not chew the cud.

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    35It is of no value for the soil or for the manure pile; it is to be thrown out. The one who has ears to hear had better listen!”

  • Matt 7:9-10
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    9Is there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

    10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

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    42“If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone tied around his neck and to be thrown into the sea.

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    11What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person.”

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    13Salt and Light“You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its flavor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled on by people!

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    13The Narrow Gate“Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

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    24“No one can serve two masters, for 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 God and money.

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    12so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”

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    24Blind guides! You strain out a gnat yet swallow a camel!

  • Luke 17:23
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    23Then people will say to you,‘Look, there he is!’ or‘Look, here he is!’ Do not go out or chase after them.

  • Mark 9:47
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    47If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out! It is better to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

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    9And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into fiery hell.

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    6“But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea.