14 Bible Verses about Pigs

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Leviticus 11:7

and the pig, because it has a divided hoof and has a split cleft in the hoof but it does not chew cud--it [is] unclean for you.

Deuteronomy 14:8

And [also] the pig {because it has a division of the hoof} {but does not chew the cud}; it [is] unclean for you; from their meat you shall not eat, and you shall not touch their {carcasses}.

Psalm 80:13

Swine from the forests devour it and creatures of [the] field feed on it.

Isaiah 66:3

The one who slaughters bull strikes a man; the one who slaughters lamb for sacrifice breaks the neck [of] a dog. The one who offers an offering, [the] blood of swine; the one who offers frankincense blesses an idol. Indeed, they themselves have chosen their ways, and their soul delights in their abhorrence.

Matthew 7:6

"Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls in front of pigs, lest they trample them with their feet, and turn around [and] tear you to pieces.

2 Peter 2:22

The [statement] of the true proverb has happened to them, "A dog returns to its own vomit," and "A sow, [after] washing herself, [returns] to wallowing in the mud."

Mark 5:11

Now a large herd of pigs was there at the hill feeding,

Matthew 8:31

So the demons implored him, saying, "If you are going to expel us, send us into the herd of pigs."

Mark 5:12

and they implored him, saying, "Send us to the pigs so that we may enter into them."

Matthew 8:32

And he said to them, "Go!" So they departed [and] went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed headlong down the steep slope into the sea and drowned in the water.

Mark 5:16

And those who had seen [it] described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man, and about the pigs.

Luke 15:15

And he went [and] hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to tend pigs.

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