Matthew 7:6 - Tree of Life Version

⁶ “Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet, then turn and rip you to shreds.

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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

Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

Proverbs 23:9

Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will disdain the wisdom of your words.

Proverbs 26:11

Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

Proverbs 26:4

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, else you also will be like him.

Matthew 15:26

And answering, He said, “It’s not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

Matthew 24:10

And then many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one other.

Matthew 7:5

Hypocrite, first take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

2 Corinthians 11:26

In my many journeys I have been in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the desert, dangers in the sea, dangers among false brothers,

Philippians 3:2

Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the mutilation.

Hebrews 10:29

How much more severe do you think the punishment will be for the one who has trampled Ben-Elohim underfoot, and has regarded as unholy the blood of the covenant by which he was made holy, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?

Hebrews 6:6

and then having fallen away—to renew again to repentance, since they are again crucifying Ben-Elohim for themselves and publicly disgracing Him.

2 Peter 2:22

What has happened to them confirms the truth of the proverb, “A dog returns to its vomit,” and “A scrubbed pig heads right back into the mud.”

Revelation 22:15

Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.