Matthew 7:6

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

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

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

7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

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Cross References

Proverbs 11:22Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

Proverbs 26:11As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

Matthew 15:26But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

Matthew 24:10At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,

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,

2 Timothy 4:14Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 7:2-7

The Sermon on the Mount. 1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly… Read the whole commentary →

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