14 Bible Verses about Pigs

and the pig (because it has divided hooves and is therefore cloven-footed, but it doesn't ruminate its cud, it is to be unclean for you).

And also the pig, because even though its hoof is divided, it does not chew the cud. It is therefore unclean for you. You must not eat their meat or even touch their carcasses.

Wild boars of the forest gnaw at it, and creatures of the field feed on it.

"Whoever slaughters an ox is just like one who kills a human being; whoever sacrifices a lamb is just like one who breaks a dog's neck; whoever makes a grain offering is just like one who offers pig's blood; and whoever makes a memorial offering of frankincense is just like one who blesses an idol. Yes, these have chosen their own ways, and they take delight in their contaminated actions.

Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.

"Never give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs. Otherwise, they will trample them with their feet and then turn around and attack you."

The proverb is true that describes what has happened to them: "A dog returns to its vomit," and "A pig that is washed goes back to wallow in the mud."

Now a large herd of pigs was grazing some distance away from them.

Now a large herd of pigs was grazing on a hillside nearby.

So the demons began to plead with Jesus, saying, "If you drive us out, send us into that herd of pigs."

So the demons begged him, "Send us among the pigs, so that we can go into them!"

He told them, "Go," and they came out and went into the pigs. Suddenly, the whole herd rushed down a steep slope into the sea and drowned in the water.

The people who had seen it told them what had happened to the demon-possessed man and the pigs.

So he went out to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.