Matthew 7:6 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁶ 4 How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to life: and few there are that find it!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Do not give that which is holy (the sacred thing) to the dogs, and do not throw your pearls before hogs, lest they trample upon them with their feet and turn and tear you in pieces.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.

Common English Bible

⁶ Don’t give holy things to dogs, and don’t throw your pearls in front of pigs. They will stomp on the pearls, then turn around and attack you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not cast your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they may trample them under their feet, and then, turning, they may tear you apart.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you.

Matthew 7:6 Cross References

Proverbs 11:22

9 He that troubleth his own house, shall inherit the winds: and the fool shall serve the wise.

Proverbs 23:9

6 And my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips shall speak what is right.

Proverbs 26:11

8 As he is guilty that shooteth arrows, and lances unto death :

Proverbs 26:4

1 As a dog that returneth to his vomit, so is the fool that repeateth his folly.

Matthew 15:26

4 And Jesus said to them: How many loaves have you? But they said: Seven, and a few little fishes.

Matthew 24:10

8 And he that is in the field, let him not go back to take his coat.

Matthew 7:5

3 Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in thereat.

2 Corinthians 11:26

I know a man in Christ above fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not, or out of the body, I know not; God knoweth), such a one caught up to the third heaven.

Philippians 3:2

1 If by any means I may attain to the resurrection which is from the dead.

Hebrews 10:29

8 But my just man liveth by faith; but if he withdraw himself, he shall not please my soul.

Hebrews 6:6

5 And so patiently enduring he obtained the promise.

2 Peter 2:22

The Lord delayeth not his promise, as some imagine, but dealeth patiently for your sake, not willing that any should perish, but that all should return to penance.