Thematic Bible: Epithet of contempt
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Dog » Epithet of contempt
Then Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said unto 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 unto David, Am I a dog that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
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After whom is the king of Israel come out? After whom dost thou pursue? After a dead dog? After a flea?
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Then Abner was very angry for the words of Ishbosheth and said, Am I a dog's head in regard to Judah? I have shown mercy this day unto the house of Saul, thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends and have not delivered thee into the hand of David that thou dost charge me today with iniquity concerning this woman?
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And he bowed himself and said, Who is thy slave, that thou should look upon such a dead dog as I am?
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And Hazael said, But what, is thy slave a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD has showed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
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His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant; they are all dumb dogs; they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, they love to slumber. And these anxious dogs are insatiable, and even the shepherds did not know enough to understand: they all look to their own ways, each one for his gain, from his quarter.
But he answered and said, It is not good to take the children's bread and to cast it to the little dogs.
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