4 Bible Verses about Swine

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Matthew 7:6

Give not that which is holy to dogs, nor throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and tear you.

Matthew 8:30

Now there was, at a distance from them, a herd of many swine, feeding.

Luke 15:15

And he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.

2 Peter 2:22

But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: The dog has turned again to his own vomit; and, The sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire.

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Animals » Lions » Swine

Matthew 7:6

Give not that which is holy to dogs, nor throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and tear you.

Matthew 8:30

Now there was, at a distance from them, a herd of many swine, feeding.

More verses: Luke 15:15 2 Peter 2:22

Beasts » Unclean » Swine

Swine » Jesus sends demons into the

Matthew 8:28-32

And when he had come to the opposite side, into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two men, coming out of the tombs, possessed with demons, very fierce, so that no one could pass that way. And behold, they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God? Hast thou come hither to torment us before the time? Now there was, at a distance from them, a herd of many swine, feeding. read more.
And the demons besought him, saying: If thou cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine. And he said to them: Go. And when they had come out, they went away into the herd of swine. And behold, the whole herd of swine rushed down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

Mark 5:11-14

Now a great herd of swine was feeding there near the mountain. And the demons besought him, saying: Send us to the swine, that we may enter into them. And Jesus immediately gave them leave. And the unclean spirits came out and entered into the swine; and the herd (they were about two thousand,) rushed down a steep place into the sea, and were strangled in the sea. read more.
And those who fed them fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they came out to see what had been done;

Luke 8:32-33

And there was in that place a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain. And they besought him to permit them to go into them. And he permitted them. And the demons came out of the man, and went into the swine; and the herd rushed down a steep place into the lake, and were drowned.

Swine » The unGodly jews condemned for eating

Swine » Forbidden as food

Swine » Unclean and not to be eaten

Swine » Used for food

Swine » The gergesenes punished for having

Matthew 8:31-32

And the demons besought him, saying: If thou cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine. And he said to them: Go. And when they had come out, they went away into the herd of swine. And behold, the whole herd of swine rushed down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

Swine » Illustrative of » Hypocrites

2 Peter 2:22

But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: The dog has turned again to his own vomit; and, The sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire.

Swine » Described as » Filthy in its habits

2 Peter 2:22

But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: The dog has turned again to his own vomit; and, The sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire.

Swine » Kept in large herds

Matthew 8:30

Now there was, at a distance from them, a herd of many swine, feeding.

Swine » Illustrative of » The wicked

Matthew 7:6

Give not that which is holy to dogs, nor throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and tear you.

Swine » Described as » Destructive to agriculture

Swine » Described as » Fierce and ungenerous

Matthew 7:6

Give not that which is holy to dogs, nor throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and tear you.

Swine » Feeding of

Luke 15:15-16

And he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods which the swine did eat. And no one gave to him.

Swine » Sacrificing of, and abomination

Swine » When wild inhabited the woods

Swine » Herding of, considered as the greatest degradation to a jew

Luke 15:15

And he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.

Swine » Fed upon husks

Luke 15:16

And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods which the swine did eat. And no one gave to him.

Swine » Sow returns to her wallowing

2 Peter 2:22

But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: The dog has turned again to his own vomit; and, The sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire.

Swine » Jewels in the nose of

Swine » Wild boar

Swine » For sacrifice

Swine » Viciousness of

Matthew 7:6

Give not that which is holy to dogs, nor throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and tear you.

Wicked, the, are compared to » Swine

Matthew 7:6

Give not that which is holy to dogs, nor throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and tear you.

2 Peter 2:22

But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: The dog has turned again to his own vomit; and, The sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire.

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