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Matthew 7:6

"Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.

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Key words: hagios margaritēs kyōn choiros ballō

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English	Original word	Root	#
Give	dōte δῶτε	didōmi	7
not	mē Μὴ	mē	29
that which	to τὸ	ho	145
is holy	hagion ἅγιον	hagios	1
unto the	tois τοῖς	ho	145
dogs	kysin κυσίν	kyōn	1
neither	mēde μηδὲ	mēde	2
cast	balēte βάλητε	ballō	9
ye your	hymōn ὑμῶν	hymōn	29
pearls	margaritas μαργαρίτας	margaritēs	1
before	emprosthen ἔμπροσθεν	emprosthen	5
swine	choirōn χοίρων	choiros	1
lest	mēpote μήποτε	mēpote	2
they trample	katapatēsōsin καταπατήσωσιν	katapateō	2
them	autous αὐτοὺς	autos	70
under	en ἐν	en	40
their	autōn αὐτῶν	autos	70
feet	posin ποσὶν	pous	1
and	kai καὶ	kai	104
turn again	straphentes στραφέντες	strephō	2
and rend	rhēxōsin ῥήξωσιν	rhēgnymi	1
you	hymas ὑμᾶς	hymas	11

Memory passages these point to

P-68 Proverbs 9:1-12 S-102 Acts 13:42-52 S-106 Hebrews 10:9-31

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that which is holy unto the dogs 10

Matthew 10:14-15
14And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet. 15Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!
Matthew 15:26
26But He answered and said, "It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs."
Proverbs 9:7-8 P-68 Proverbs 9:1-12
7"He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself, And he who rebukes a wicked man only harms himself. 8Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you; Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
Proverbs 23:9
9Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Proverbs 26:11
11As a dog returns to his own vomit, So a fool repeats his folly.
Acts 13:45-47 S-102 Acts 13:42-52
45But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy; and contradicting and blaspheming, they opposed the things spoken by Paul. 46Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, "It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles. 47For so the Lord has commanded us: "I have set you as a light to the Gentiles, That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth."'
Philippians 3:2
2Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the mutilation!
Hebrews 6:6
6if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.
Hebrews 10:29 S-106 Hebrews 10:9-31
29Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
2 Peter 2:22
22But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: "A dog returns to his own vomit," and, "a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire."

cast ye your pearls before swine 1

Proverbs 11:22
22As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, So is a lovely woman who lacks discretion.

turn again and rend you 4

Matthew 22:5-6
5But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business. 6And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them.
Matthew 24:10
10And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.
2 Corinthians 11:26
26in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
2 Timothy 4:14-15
14Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm. May the Lord repay him according to his works. 15You also must beware of him, for he has greatly resisted our words.