4 Bible Verses about Swine

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Matthew 7:6

Do not give dogs what is sacred and do not throw pearls before swine, in case they trample them under foot and turn to gore you.

Luke 15:15

so he went and attached himself to a citizen of that land, who sent him to his fields to feed swine.

2 Peter 2:22

They verify the truth of the proverb: "The dog turns back to what he has vomited, the sow when washed will wallow in the mire."

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Animals » Lions » Swine

Matthew 7:6

Do not give dogs what is sacred and do not throw pearls before swine, in case they trample them under foot and turn to gore you.

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

Beasts » Unclean » Swine

Swine » Jesus sends demons into the

Matthew 8:28-32

When he reached the opposite side, the country of the Gadarenes, he was met by two demoniacs who ran out of the tombs; they were so violent that nobody could pass along the road there. They shrieked, "Son of God, what business have you with us? Have you come here to torture us before it is time?" Now, some distance away, there was a large drove of swine grazing; read more.
so the daemons begged him saying, "If you are going to cast us out, send us into that drove of swine." He said to them, "Begone!" So out they came and went to the swine, and the entire drove rushed down the steep slope into the sea and perished in the water.

Mark 5:11-14

Now a large drove of swine was grazing there on the hillside; so the spirits begged him saying, "Send us into the swine, that we may enter them," And Jesus gave them leave. Then out came the unclean spirits and entered the swine, and the drove rushed down the steep slope into the sea (there were about two thousand of them) and in the sea they were drowned. read more.
The herdsmen fled and reported it to the town and the hamlets. So the people came to see what had happened,

Luke 8:32-33

Now a considerable drove of swine was grazing there on the hillside, so the daemons begged him for leave to enter them. He gave them leave, and the daemons came out of the man and went into the swine; the drove rushed down the steep slope into the lake and were suffocated.

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

so the daemons begged him saying, "If you are going to cast us out, send us into that drove of swine." He said to them, "Begone!" So out they came and went to the swine, and the entire drove rushed down the steep slope into the sea and perished in the water.

Swine » Illustrative of » Hypocrites

2 Peter 2:22

They verify the truth of the proverb: "The dog turns back to what he has vomited, the sow when washed will wallow in the mire."

Swine » Described as » Filthy in its habits

2 Peter 2:22

They verify the truth of the proverb: "The dog turns back to what he has vomited, the sow when washed will wallow in the mire."

Swine » Kept in large herds

Swine » Illustrative of » The wicked

Matthew 7:6

Do not give dogs what is sacred and do not throw pearls before swine, in case they trample them under foot and turn to gore you.

Swine » Described as » Destructive to agriculture

Swine » Described as » Fierce and ungenerous

Matthew 7:6

Do not give dogs what is sacred and do not throw pearls before swine, in case they trample them under foot and turn to gore you.

Swine » Feeding of

Luke 15:15-16

so he went and attached himself to a citizen of that land, who sent him to his fields to feed swine. And he was fain to fill his belly with the pods the swine were eating; no one gave him anything.

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

so he went and attached himself to a citizen of that land, who sent him to his fields to feed swine.

Swine » Fed upon husks

Luke 15:16

And he was fain to fill his belly with the pods the swine were eating; no one gave him anything.

Swine » Sow returns to her wallowing

2 Peter 2:22

They verify the truth of the proverb: "The dog turns back to what he has vomited, the sow when washed will wallow in the mire."

Swine » Jewels in the nose of

Swine » Wild boar

Swine » For sacrifice

Swine » Viciousness of

Matthew 7:6

Do not give dogs what is sacred and do not throw pearls before swine, in case they trample them under foot and turn to gore you.

Wicked, the, are compared to » Swine

Matthew 7:6

Do not give dogs what is sacred and do not throw pearls before swine, in case they trample them under foot and turn to gore you.

2 Peter 2:22

They verify the truth of the proverb: "The dog turns back to what he has vomited, the sow when washed will wallow in the mire."

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