Matthew 7:6

"Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor throw your pearls to the swine; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and then turn and attack you.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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, first take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly how to remove the splinter from your brother's eye.

7"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, 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 right," He said, "to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

Matthew 24:10Then will many stumble and fall, and they will betray one another and hate one another.

2 Corinthians 11:26I have served Him by frequent travelling, amid dangers in crossing rivers, dangers from robbers; dangers from my own countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles; dangers in the city, dangers in the Desert, dangers by sea, dangers from spies in our midst;

2 Timothy 4:14Alexander the metal-worker showed bitter hostility towards me: the Lord will requite him according to his doings.

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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