Matthew 7:6

Good News Translation (US Version)

“Do not give what is holy to dogs—they will only turn and attack you. Do not throw your pearls in front of pigs—they will only trample them underfoot.

Cross References

Proverbs 23:9

Don't try to talk sense to a fool; he can't appreciate it.

Proverbs 26:11

A fool doing some stupid thing a second time is like a dog going back to its vomit.

Philippians 3:2

Watch out for those who do evil things, those dogs, those who insist on cutting the body.

Matthew 15:26

Jesus answered, “It isn't right to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs.”

Hebrews 10:29

What, then, of those who despise the Son of God? who treat as a cheap thing the blood of God's covenant which purified them from sin? who insult the Spirit of grace? Just think how much worse is the punishment they will deserve!

2 Peter 2:22

What happened to them shows that the proverbs are true: “A dog goes back to what it has vomited” and “A pig that has been washed goes back to roll in the mud.”

Matthew 24:10

Many will give up their faith at that time; they will betray one another and hate one another.

Proverbs 11:22

Beauty in a woman without good judgment is like a gold ring in a pig's snout.

Hebrews 6:6

And then they abandoned their faith! It is impossible to bring them back to repent again, because they are again crucifying the Son of God and exposing him to public shame.

2 Corinthians 11:26

In my many travels I have been in danger from floods and from robbers, in danger from my own people and from Gentiles; there have been dangers in the cities, dangers in the wilds, dangers on the high seas, and dangers from false friends.

Proverbs 26:4

If you answer a silly question, you are just as silly as the person who asked it.

Matthew 7:5

You hypocrite! First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will be able to see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

Revelation 22:15

But outside the city are the perverts and those who practice magic, the immoral and the murderers, those who worship idols and those who are liars both in words and deeds.