Matthew 7:6

"Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine; lest in turn they trample them under their feet, and then turn and attack you.

Montgomery New Testament

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

5"Hypocrite! First cast out the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly how to cast the mote out of your brother’s eye.

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

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Cross References

Matthew 15:26He answered, "It is not seemly to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs."

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

2 Corinthians 11:26My journeys have been many; in perils of rivers, in perils of bandits; in perils from my countrymen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness; in perils on the sea, in perils among false brothers;

2 Timothy 4:14Alexander, the coppersmith, manifested bitter hostility toward me. The Lord will requite 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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