14 Bible Verses about Pigs

The pig is unclean to you because its hoof is divided (the hoof is completely split in two), even though it does not chew the cud.

Also the pig is ritually impure to you; though it has divided hooves, it does not chew the cud. You may not eat their meat or even touch their remains.

The wild boars of the forest ruin it; the insects of the field feed on it.

The one who slaughters a bull also strikes down a man; the one who sacrifices a lamb also breaks a dog's neck; the one who presents an offering includes pig's blood with it; the one who offers incense also praises an idol. They have decided to behave this way; they enjoy these disgusting practices.

Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion.

Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.

They are illustrations of this true proverb: "A dog returns to its own vomit," and "A sow, after washing herself, wallows in the mire."

A large herd of pigs was feeding some distance from them.

There on the hillside, a great herd of pigs was feeding.

Then the demons begged him, "If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs."

And the demonic spirits begged him, "Send us into the pigs. Let us enter them."

And he said, "Go!" So they came out and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned in the water.

Those who had seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man reported it, and they also told about the pigs.

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