14 Bible Verses about Pigs
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And the swine though it divides the hoof and is clovenfooted, yet it chews not the cud: it is unclean to you.
and the swine, because it divides the hoof, yet does not chew the cud, it is unclean unto you. Ye shall not eat of their flesh nor touch their dead carcase.
The boar out of the wood wastes it, and the wild beast of the field devours it.
He that kills an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrifices a lamb as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offers an oblation as if he offered swine's blood; he that burns incense as if he blessed iniquity. They have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations.
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.
But it has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog returns unto his own vomit, and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
And there was a good way off from them a herd of many swine feeding.
So the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
and all those devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine; and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea and perished in the waters.
And those that saw it told them what happened to him that had the demon and also concerning the swine.
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.