Matthew 7:6

“Do not give what is sacred to dogs; they will turn and maul you. Do not throw your pearls before pigs; they will trample them underfoot.

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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! Take out the plank from your own eye first, and then you will see clearly how to take out the speck from your friend’s.

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

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Cross References

Matthew 15:26“It is not fair,” replied Jesus, “to take the children’s food and throw it to dogs.”

Matthew 24:10And then many will fall away, and will betray one another, and hate one another.

2 Corinthians 11:26My journeys have been many. I have been through dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my own people, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in towns, dangers in the country, dangers on the sea, dangers among people pretending to be followers of the Lord.

2 Timothy 4:14Alexander, the coppersmith, showed much ill feeling towards me. The Lord will give him what his actions deserve.

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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