Matthew 7:6

Do not give that which is holy to dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

Revised King James 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

5You hypocrite, first remove the beam from your own eye; and then you shall see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

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

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Cross References

Matthew 15:26But he answered and said, It is not proper to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.

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

2 Corinthians 11:26On frequent journeys, in perils from rivers, in perils from robbers, in perils from my own countrymen, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils on the sea, in perils among false brethren;

2 Timothy 4:14Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm: 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 →

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