Matthew 7:6

Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.

Cross References (15)

  • Proverbs 9:7–8 (88)

    He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.

  • Proverbs 23:9 (75)

    Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Matthew 10:14–15 (56)

    And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.

  • Proverbs 26:11 (47)

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

  • Acts 13:45–47 (30)

    But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was sayi

  • Matthew 15:26 (30)

    But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

  • Hebrews 10:29 (28)

    How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood o

  • Philippians 3:2 (28)

    Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!

  • 2 Peter 2:22 (24)

    Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in th

  • 2 Timothy 4:14–15 (23)

    Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds.

  • Proverbs 11:22 (15)

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

  • Matthew 24:10 (13)

    At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,

  • Hebrews 6:6 (11)

    and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over a

  • Matthew 22:5–6 (9)

    But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.

  • 2 Corinthians 11:26 (6)

    In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the G