Thematic Bible: Epithet of contempt
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Dog » Epithet of contempt
Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
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And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that thou come to me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
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After whom is the king of Israel come out? After whom do thou pursue? After a dead dog, after a flea.
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Then Abner was very angry for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? This day I show kindness to the house of Saul thy father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee i
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And he did obeisance, and said, What is thy servant that thou should look upon such a dead dog as I am?
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And Hazael said, But what is thy servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, LORD has shown me that thou shall be king over Syria.
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His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They cannot bark, dreaming, laying down, loving to slumber. Yea, the dogs are greedy; they can never have enough. And these are shepherds who cannot understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
And having answered, he said, It is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the house dogs.
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