Matthew 7:6

Give not that which is holy to the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest they may trample them under their feet, and having turned round tear you to pieces.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

5O hypocrite, first cast out the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to cast out the mote from the eye of your brother.

7Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:26He responding said, It is not good to take the children's bread and cast it to the little dogs.

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

2 Corinthians 11:26Often in journeys, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own race, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

2 Timothy 4:14Alexander the coppersmith showed to me much evil: the Lord will reward 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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