Matthew 7:6

“ A Do not give what is holy to the dogs, B nor cast your pearls before the pigs; B lest they trample them with their feet, and A turning around they tear you to pieces.

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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

5Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

7“Keep asking, and it will be given to you; keep seeking, and you will find; keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:26But in answer He said, “It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs.”

Matthew 24:10And then many will be offended, and they will betray one another and will hate one another.

2 Corinthians 11:26in frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, in danger from robbers, in danger from my countrymen, in danger from Gentiles, in danger in cities, in danger in wildernesses, in danger in the sea, in danger among false brothers;

2 Timothy 4:14Alexander the coppersmith did me a lot of harm; may the Lord 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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