Matthew 7:6

Give not that which is holy unto dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine; least they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you.

1770 John Worsley 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

5Thou hypocrite, first get the beam out of thine own eye; and then thou wilt see how to take the splinter out of thy brother's eye.

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

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Cross References

Matthew 15:26But he answered, It is not fit to take the children's bread and throw it to dogs: and she said, True, Lord;

Matthew 24:10and then will many take offense, and betray one another, and hate one another: and many false prophets will rise up and deceive many:

2 Corinthians 11:26in journies often, in perils from rivers, in perils from robbers, in perils from my own nation, in perils from the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the desert, in perils on the sea, in perils among false brethren:

2 Timothy 4:14Alexander the brazier did me many ill turns: the Lord will reward 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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