14 Bible Verses about Pigs

And the swine, because it divides the hoof and makes a split hoof, but does not chew the cud; it is unclean to you.

The swine, because it has a divided hoof but does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. You shall not eat their meat nor touch their carcasses.

A boar from the woods eats it away,
And the insects of the field feed on it.

“He who kills an ox [for pagan sacrifice] is [as guilty] as one who kills a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb, as one who breaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering, as one who offers swine’s blood;
He who offers incense, as one who blesses an idol.
Such people have chosen their own ways,
And their soul delights in their repulsive acts;

As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout,
So is a beautiful woman who is without discretion [her lack of character mocks her beauty].

“Do not give that which is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, for they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

The thing spoken of in the true proverb has happened to them, “The dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “A sow is washed only to wallow [again] in the mire.”

Some distance from them a large herd of pigs was grazing.

Now there was a large herd of pigs grazing there on the mountain.

The demons began begging Him, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

And the demons begged Him, saying, “Send us to the pigs so that we may go into them!”

And He said to them, “Go!” So they came out [of the men] and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the water.

Those who had seen it described [in detail] to the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man, and [told them all] about the pigs.

So he went and forced himself on one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.