Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible






"Do not offer sacred things to dogs, and do not throw your pearls in front of [wild] pigs [i.e., to those who will not appreciate them], because they will probably trample on them with their feet and then turn around and attack you. Verse ConceptsContemptdogsJewelsPrudenceAskingUngodlinessWasteWicked Described AsDespisersName CallingSwinePeople Torn To PiecesPigsUnfitting ThingsPetsHurt And Betrayalpork

Now a large herd of [wild] hogs [i.e., about of them. See Mark 5:13] was grazing some distance away from them. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesHerdsSwinePigsMany CreaturesAnimals Eatingdistancepork

So, he went to work for one of the citizens of that country who sent him to his fields to feed his hogs. Verse ConceptsSwineFeeding AnimalsPigs

It has happened to them like the true proverb [says], "The dog [throws up, and then] goes back and eats its own vomit," and "The hog that was all cleaned up [goes back] to wallowing in the mud." Verse ConceptsdogsWicked Described AsDegradationSwinePigsUnclean SpiritsOld SayingsUnclean AnimalsBacksliderspork