Thematic Bible: Epithet of contempt
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Dog » Epithet of contempt
Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray you, and take off his head.
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And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that you 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 you pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
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Then was Abner very angry because of the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah does show kindness this day unto the house of Saul your father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David, that you charge me today with a fault concerning this woman?
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And he bowed himself, and said, What is your servant, that you should look upon such a dead dog as I am?
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And Hazael said, But what, is your servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD has shown me that you shall 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, loving to slumber. Yea, they are greedy dogs who can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, everyone for his gain, from his own quarter.
But he answered and said, It is not right to take the children's bread, and cast it to dogs.
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