Matthew 7:6

Wisdom

⁴ Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

⁵ Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

⁷ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

⁸ For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
KJV: Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
WEB: “Don’t 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.
ASV: Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.
DARBY: Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them with their feet, and turning round rend you.
BLB: Do not give what [is] holy to the dogs, nor cast your⁺ pearls before the pigs, lest they will trample them among their feet and, having turned, tear you⁺ to pieces.

ÅB: «Gi ikke det hellige til hundene, og kast ikke perlene deres for svinene. De vil bare tråkke dem ned med føttene sine, og så komme tilbake og rive dere i stykker.
OTB: “Gi ikke det hellige til hundene, og kast ikke perlene deres for svin, for at de ikke skal trampe dem under føttene, vende seg om og rive dere i stykker.
B1930: Gi ikke hundene det hellige, og kast ikke eders perler for svinene, forat de ikke skal trå dem ned med sine føtter og vende sig om og sønderrive eder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Proverbs 9:7–8
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
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Proverbs 23:9
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
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Matthew 10:14–15
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
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Proverbs 26:11
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
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Matthew 15:26
But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
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Acts 13:45–47
But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
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Philippians 3:2
Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
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Hebrews 10:29
Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
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