4 Bible Verses about Swine
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Do not give what is sacred to dogs; nor yet throw your pearls before pigs, lest they should trample them under their feet, and then turn and attack you.
So he went and engaged himself to one of the people of that country, who sent him into his fields to tend pigs.
In their case is seen the truth of the proverb-- 'A dog returns to what he has vomited' and 'A sow after washing to her wallowing-place in the mud.'
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Animals » Lions » Swine
Do not give what is sacred to dogs; nor yet throw your pearls before pigs, lest they should trample them under their feet, and then turn and attack you.
Beasts » Unclean » Swine
Swine » Jesus sends demons into the
And on getting to the other side--the country of the Gadarenes--Jesus met two men who were possessed by demons, coming out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one was able to pass that way. Suddenly they shrieked out: "What do you want with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before our time?" A long way off, there was a drove of many pigs, feeding; read more.
And the foul spirits began begging Jesus: "If you drive us out, send us into the drove of pigs." "Go," he said. The spirits came out, and entered the pigs; and the whole drove rushed down the steep slope into the Sea, and died in the water.
There was a large drove of pigs close by, feeding on the hill- side. And the spirits begged Jesus: "Send us into the pigs, that we may take possession of them." Jesus gave them leave. They came out, and entered into the pigs; and the drove--about two thousand in number--rushed down the steep slope into the Sea and were drowned in the Sea. read more.
On this the men who tended them ran away, and carried the news to the town, and to the country round; and the people went to see what had happened.
There was a drove of many pigs close by feeding upon the hill- side; and the demons begged Jesus to give them leave to enter into them. Jesus gave them leave. They came out from the man and took possession of the pigs; and the drove rushed down the steep slope 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
And the foul spirits began begging Jesus: "If you drive us out, send us into the drove of pigs." "Go," he said. The spirits came out, and entered the pigs; and the whole drove rushed down the steep slope into the Sea, and died in the water.
Swine » Illustrative of » Hypocrites
In their case is seen the truth of the proverb-- 'A dog returns to what he has vomited' and 'A sow after washing to her wallowing-place in the mud.'
Swine » Described as » Filthy in its habits
In their case is seen the truth of the proverb-- 'A dog returns to what he has vomited' and 'A sow after washing to her wallowing-place in the mud.'
Swine » Kept in large herds
Swine » Illustrative of » The wicked
Do not give what is sacred to dogs; nor yet throw your pearls before pigs, lest they should trample them under their feet, and then turn and attack you.
Swine » Described as » Destructive to agriculture
Swine » Described as » Fierce and ungenerous
Do not give what is sacred to dogs; nor yet throw your pearls before pigs, lest they should trample them under their feet, and then turn and attack you.
Swine » Feeding of
So he went and engaged himself to one of the people of that country, who sent him into his fields to tend pigs. He even longed to satisfy his hunger with the bean-pods on which the pigs were feeding; and 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
So he went and engaged himself to one of the people of that country, who sent him into his fields to tend pigs.
Swine » Fed upon husks
He even longed to satisfy his hunger with the bean-pods on which the pigs were feeding; and no one gave him anything.
Swine » Sow returns to her wallowing
In their case is seen the truth of the proverb-- 'A dog returns to what he has vomited' and 'A sow after washing to her wallowing-place in the mud.'
Swine » Jewels in the nose of
Swine » Wild boar
Swine » For sacrifice
Swine » Viciousness of
Do not give what is sacred to dogs; nor yet throw your pearls before pigs, lest they should trample them under their feet, and then turn and attack you.
Wicked, the, are compared to » Swine
Do not give what is sacred to dogs; nor yet throw your pearls before pigs, lest they should trample them under their feet, and then turn and attack you.
In their case is seen the truth of the proverb-- 'A dog returns to what he has vomited' and 'A sow after washing to her wallowing-place in the mud.'