Matthew 7:6

You may not give that which is [holy] to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the pigs, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned—may tear you apart.

Literal Standard Version

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 cast out the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to cast out the speck out of your brother’s eye.

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

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Cross References

Proverbs 11:22A ring of gold in the nose of a sow—A beautiful woman and stubborn of behavior.

Proverbs 26:11As a dog has returned to its vomit, || A fool is repeating his folly.

Matthew 15:26and He answering said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread, and to cast to the little dogs.”

Matthew 24:10and then will many be stumbled, and they will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.

2 Corinthians 11:26journeys many times, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from [my own] race, perils from nations, perils in city, perils in wilderness, perils in sea, perils among false brothers;

2 Timothy 4:14Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil; may the LORD repay to him according to his works,

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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