Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.

Bible References

Swine

Deuteronomy 14:8
and the pig, though it has hooves, it does not chew the cud—
it is unclean for you.


You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses.
Isaiah 65:4
sitting among the graves,
spending nights in secret places,
eating the meat of pigs,
and putting polluted broth in their bowls.
Isaiah 66:3
One slaughters an ox, one kills a man;
one sacrifices a lamb, one breaks a dog’s neck;
one offers a grain offering, one offers pig’s blood;
one offers incense, one praises an idol—
all these have chosen their ways
and delight in their detestable practices.
Matthew 7:6
Don’t give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them with their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces.
Luke 8:33
The demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.
Luke 15:15
Then he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
2 Peter 2:18
For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

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