'Pigs' in the Bible
"As for those who consecrate and ritually purify themselves so they can follow their leader and worship in the sacred orchards, those who eat the flesh of pigs and other disgusting creatures, like mice -- they will all be destroyed together," says the Lord.
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.
A large herd of pigs was feeding some distance from them.
Then the demons begged him, "If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs."
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.
And the demonic spirits begged him, "Send us into the pigs. Let us enter them."
Jesus gave them permission. So the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs. Then the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake, and about two thousand were drowned in the lake.
Those who had seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man reported it, and they also told about the pigs.
Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and the demonic spirits begged Jesus to let them go into them. He gave them permission.
So the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of pigs rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned.
So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.
He was longing to eat the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.