But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any person or animal.’ Then you will know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

“You are to be my holy people. So do not eat the meat of an animal torn by wild beasts; throw it to the dogs.

So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the Lord told him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues as a dog laps from those who kneel down to drink.”

Three hundred of them drank from cupped hands, lapping like dogs. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.

He said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

“Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Who are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?

Abner was very angry because of what Ish-Bosheth said. So he answered, “Am I a dog’s head—on Judah’s side? This very day I am loyal to the house of your father Saul and to his family and friends. I haven’t handed you over to David. Yet now you accuse me of an offense involving this woman!

Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?”

Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head.”

Dogs will eat those belonging to Jeroboam who die in the city, and the birds will feed on those who die in the country. The Lord has spoken!’

Dogs will eat those belonging to Baasha who die in the city, and birds will feed on those who die in the country.”

Say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Have you not murdered a man and seized his property?’ Then say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: In the place where dogs licked up Naboth’s blood, dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”

“And also concerning Jezebel the Lord says: ‘Dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’

“Dogs will eat those belonging to Ahab who die in the city, and the birds will feed on those who die in the country.”

They washed the chariot at a pool in Samaria (where the prostitutes bathed), and the dogs licked up his blood, as the word of the Lord had declared.

Hazael said, “How could your servant, a mere dog, accomplish such a feat?” “The Lord has shown me that you will become king of Aram,” answered Elisha.

As for Jezebel, dogs will devour her on the plot of ground at Jezreel, and no one will bury her.’” Then he opened the door and ran.

They went back and told Jehu, who said, “This is the word of the Lord that he spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite: On the plot of ground at Jezreel dogs will devour Jezebel’s flesh.

Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step.

“But now they mock me, men younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.

Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet.

Deliver me from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.

They return at evening, snarling like dogs, and prowl about the city.

They return at evening, snarling like dogs, and prowl about the city.

that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes, while the tongues of your dogs have their share.”