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Theasaurus: Pigs
14 Bible Verses about Pigs
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The pig, because he has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed, but doesn't chew the cud, he is unclean to you.
The pig, because it has a split hoof and is clovenfooted, but doesn't chew the cud, is unclean to you: of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.
The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it.
He who slaughters an ox is like one who strikes down a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck; he who offers an offering, as he who offers pig's blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations:
"Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
It has happened to them according to the true proverb, "The dog turns to his own vomit again," and "the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire."
Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.
And the demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs."
And they begged him, saying, "Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them."
And he said to them, "Go." And they came out, and went into the herd of pigs: and suddenly the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.
And those who saw it declared to them how it happened to him who was possessed by demons, and about the pigs.
He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.