27 Bible Verses about dogs

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Exodus 11:7

And against all the sons of Israel, a dog shall not sharpen his tongue, from man and even to cattle: so that ye shall know that Jehovah will separate between Egypt and between IsraeL

Judges 7:5

And he will bring down the people to the waters: and Jehovah will say to Gideon, Every one which shall lap with his tongue from the waters as the dog will lap, thou shalt put him alone; and all which shall bend upon his knees to drink

Job 30:1

And now the younger than I laughed upon me, which I rejected their fathers to set with the dogs of my flock.

Exodus 22:31

And ye shall be holy men to me, and ye shall not eat flesh torn in pieces in the field; ye shall cast it to the dog.

1 Kings 14:11

Him dying to Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him dying in the field shall the birds of the heavens eat: for Jehovah spake.

1 Kings 16:4

Him dying to Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him dying to him in the field, shall the birds of the heavens eat

1 Kings 21:19

And speak to him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Didst thou kill and also possess? And speak to him, saying, said Jehovah, In the place which the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs shall lick thy blood, also thine.

1 Kings 22:38

And one will inundate the chariot in the pool of Shomeron; and the dogs will lick his blood; and the harlots washed, according to the word of Jehovah which he spake.

2 Kings 9:10

And Jezebel shall the dogs eat in a part of Jezreel, and none to bury. And he will open the door and flee.

Psalm 59:6

They will turn back at evening: they will make a noise as a dog, and they will surround the city.

Psalm 68:23

So that thy foot shall shake in blood, the tongue of thy dogs from the enemies of him.

Jeremiah 15:3

And I reviewed over them four kinds, says Jehovah: the sword to kill, and dogs to tear in pieces, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the earth, to consume and destroy.

Psalm 22:16

For dogs surrounded me: the assembly of those being evil moved round about me: they digged my hands and my feet

2 Peter 2:22

And that of the true proverb has happened to them, The dog having turned back to his own vomit; and the sow having been washed to the rolling of the mire.

Matthew 7:6

Ye should not give the holy thing to dogs neither should ye cast your pearls before swine, lest they tread them down with their feet, and having turned, should rend yon.

Matthew 15:26-27

And he, having answered, said, It is not good to take the children's bread, and cast it to the little dogs. And she said, Yes, Lord; for the little dogs also eat from the crumbs falling from the table of their lord.

Mark 7:27-28

And Jesus said to her, Permit the children first to be satisfied; for it is not good to take the children's bread, and cast to little dogs. And she answered and says to him, Yes, Lord: for also the little dogs under the table eat from the children's crumbs.

Luke 16:21

And eagerly desirous to be fed from crumbs falling from the rich one's table: but also the dogs, coming, licked off his wounds.

Proverbs 26:11

As a dog turned back upon his vomit, the foolish one repeated in his folly.

1 Samuel 17:43

And he of the rovers will say to David, Am I a dog that thou camnest to me with rods? and he of the rovers will curse David by his gods.

1 Samuel 24:14

After whom did the king of Israel come forth? after whom pursuest thou? after a dead dog? after one flea?

2 Samuel 9:8

And he will worship him and say, What is thy servant that thou didst look to a dead dog which is like me?

2 Samuel 16:9

And Abishai son of Zeruiah will say to the king, Wherefore shall this dead dog curse my lord the king? I will pass over now and take away his head.

2 Kings 8:13

And Hamel will say, For what! thy servant, the dog, that he will do this great word? and Elisha will say, Jehovah caused me to see thee king over Aram.

Isaiah 56:10-11

Look about, ye blind; they all knew not, they all dumb dogs, they shall not be able to bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber. And dogs hard of soul, they knew not fulness; and they are evil, they know not understanding; they all looked to their way, a man to his plunder from his extremity.

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Animals » Names of » Dogs

Deuteronomy 23:18

Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, and the price of a dog to the house of Jehovah thy God, for any vow: for these two are also an abomination to Jehovah thy God.

1 Kings 14:11

Him dying to Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him dying in the field shall the birds of the heavens eat: for Jehovah spake.

1 Kings 22:38

And one will inundate the chariot in the pool of Shomeron; and the dogs will lick his blood; and the harlots washed, according to the word of Jehovah which he spake.

Psalm 59:6

They will turn back at evening: they will make a noise as a dog, and they will surround the city.

Dogs » Described as » Carnivorous

1 Kings 14:11

Him dying to Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him dying in the field shall the birds of the heavens eat: for Jehovah spake.

2 Kings 9:35-36

And they will go to bury her: and they found not of her but the skull and the feet, and the palms of the hands And they will turn back and announce to him, and he will say, This the word of Jehovah which he spake by the hand of his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel, dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel.

Dogs » Illustrative » Of obstinate sinners

Matthew 7:6

Ye should not give the holy thing to dogs neither should ye cast your pearls before swine, lest they tread them down with their feet, and having turned, should rend yon.

Dogs » Illustrative » (dead,) of the mean

1 Samuel 24:14

After whom did the king of Israel come forth? after whom pursuest thou? after a dead dog? after one flea?

2 Samuel 9:8

And he will worship him and say, What is thy servant that thou didst look to a dead dog which is like me?

Dogs » Illustrative » Of gentiles

Matthew 15:22

And, behold, a woman, a Canaanite, having come forth from those boundaries, cried out to him, saying, Pity me, Lord, son of David; my daughter is badly possessed with an evil spirit.

Matthew 15:26

And he, having answered, said, It is not good to take the children's bread, and cast it to the little dogs.

Dogs » Described as » Fond of blood

1 Kings 22:38

And one will inundate the chariot in the pool of Shomeron; and the dogs will lick his blood; and the harlots washed, according to the word of Jehovah which he spake.

1 Kings 21:19

And speak to him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Didst thou kill and also possess? And speak to him, saying, said Jehovah, In the place which the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs shall lick thy blood, also thine.

Dogs » Nothing holy to be given to

Matthew 7:6

Ye should not give the holy thing to dogs neither should ye cast your pearls before swine, lest they tread them down with their feet, and having turned, should rend yon.

Matthew 15:26

And he, having answered, said, It is not good to take the children's bread, and cast it to the little dogs.

Dogs » Illustrative » Of persecutors

Psalm 22:16

For dogs surrounded me: the assembly of those being evil moved round about me: they digged my hands and my feet

Psalm 22:20

Deliver my soul from the sword, my only one from the band of the dog.

Dogs » Described as » Unclean

Luke 16:21

And eagerly desirous to be fed from crumbs falling from the rich one's table: but also the dogs, coming, licked off his wounds.

2 Peter 2:22

And that of the true proverb has happened to them, The dog having turned back to his own vomit; and the sow having been washed to the rolling of the mire.

Dogs » Price of, not to be consecrated

Deuteronomy 23:18

Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, and the price of a dog to the house of Jehovah thy God, for any vow: for these two are also an abomination to Jehovah thy God.

Dogs » Illustrative » Of false teachers

Dogs » Illustrative » Of fools

Proverbs 26:11

As a dog turned back upon his vomit, the foolish one repeated in his folly.

Dogs » Described as » Impatient of injury

Dogs » Infested cities by night

Psalm 59:14-15

They shall turn back at evening; they shall make a noise as a dog, and they will surround the city. They shall wander to and fro to eat, though they shall not be satisfied; and they will pass the night

Dogs » When domesticated » Fed with the crumbs, &c

Matthew 15:27

And she said, Yes, Lord; for the little dogs also eat from the crumbs falling from the table of their lord.

Dogs » Illustrative » (dumb,) of unfaithful ministers

Isaiah 56:10

Look about, ye blind; they all knew not, they all dumb dogs, they shall not be able to bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Dogs » Illustrative » Of covetous ministers

Isaiah 56:11

And dogs hard of soul, they knew not fulness; and they are evil, they know not understanding; they all looked to their way, a man to his plunder from his extremity.

Dogs » Illustrative » Of apostates

2 Peter 2:22

And that of the true proverb has happened to them, The dog having turned back to his own vomit; and the sow having been washed to the rolling of the mire.

Dogs » Things torn by beasts given to

Exodus 22:31

And ye shall be holy men to me, and ye shall not eat flesh torn in pieces in the field; ye shall cast it to the dog.

Dogs » Despised by the jews

2 Samuel 3:8

And it will kindle to Abner greatly for the words of the man of shame, and he will say, Am I the head of a dog which against Judah this day will do mercy with the house of Saul thy father to his brethren and to his friends, and not delivering thee into the hand of David, and thou wilt review over me concerning the woman this day?

Dogs » Described as » Dangerous and destructive

Psalm 22:16

For dogs surrounded me: the assembly of those being evil moved round about me: they digged my hands and my feet

Dogs » Sacrificing of, an abomination

Isaiah 66:3

He slaughtering the ox, striking a man; he sacrificing a sheep, broke a dog's neck; he bringing up a gift, swine's blood; he making remembrance of frankincense, praising vanity; also they chose their ways, and in their abominations their soul delighted.

Dogs » Manner of, in drinking alluded to

Judges 7:5

And he will bring down the people to the waters: and Jehovah will say to Gideon, Every one which shall lap with his tongue from the waters as the dog will lap, thou shalt put him alone; and all which shall bend upon his knees to drink

Dogs » When domesticated » Employed in watching flocks

Job 30:1

And now the younger than I laughed upon me, which I rejected their fathers to set with the dogs of my flock.

Dogs » General references

Deuteronomy 23:18

Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, and the price of a dog to the house of Jehovah thy God, for any vow: for these two are also an abomination to Jehovah thy God.

1 Kings 14:11

Him dying to Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him dying in the field shall the birds of the heavens eat: for Jehovah spake.

1 Kings 22:38

And one will inundate the chariot in the pool of Shomeron; and the dogs will lick his blood; and the harlots washed, according to the word of Jehovah which he spake.

Psalm 59:6

They will turn back at evening: they will make a noise as a dog, and they will surround the city.

Dogs » A term of reproach

Matthew 7:6

Ye should not give the holy thing to dogs neither should ye cast your pearls before swine, lest they tread them down with their feet, and having turned, should rend yon.

Matthew 15:26

And he, having answered, said, It is not good to take the children's bread, and cast it to the little dogs.

Names » Of the wicked » Dogs

Wicked people » Compared with » Dogs

Matthew 7:6

Ye should not give the holy thing to dogs neither should ye cast your pearls before swine, lest they tread them down with their feet, and having turned, should rend yon.

2 Peter 2:22

And that of the true proverb has happened to them, The dog having turned back to his own vomit; and the sow having been washed to the rolling of the mire.

Proverbs 26:11

As a dog turned back upon his vomit, the foolish one repeated in his folly.

Wicked, the, are compared to » Dogs

Matthew 7:6

Ye should not give the holy thing to dogs neither should ye cast your pearls before swine, lest they tread them down with their feet, and having turned, should rend yon.

2 Peter 2:22

And that of the true proverb has happened to them, The dog having turned back to his own vomit; and the sow having been washed to the rolling of the mire.

Proverbs 26:11

As a dog turned back upon his vomit, the foolish one repeated in his folly.

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