Matthew 7:6
Do not give what is holy to the dogs, and do not throw your pearls in front of the hogs. Otherwise they may trample them underfoot, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
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7Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:22Like a gold ring in a pig's nose 1 is a beautiful woman without discretion. 1
Proverbs 26:11As a dog returns to his own vomit, 1 so is a fool who repeats his folly. 1
Matthew 15:26He answered and said, “It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs.”
Matthew 24:10Then many will stumble, and betray one another and hate one another.
2 Corinthians 11:26I have been on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, in danger from robbers, in danger from my own people, in danger from the Gentiles, in danger in the city, in danger in the wilderness, in danger at sea, in danger from false brothers.
2 Timothy 4:14Alexander the coppersmith displayed many evil deeds against 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 →