Matthew 7:6
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6 “Don’t waste what is holy on people who are unholy.[a] Don’t throw your pearls to pigs! They will trample the pearls, then turn and attack you.
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- 7:6 Greek Don’t give the sacred to dogs.
Proverbs 9:7-8
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7 Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in return.
Anyone who corrects the wicked will get hurt.
8 So don’t bother correcting mockers;
they will only hate you.
But correct the wise,
and they will love you.
Proverbs 23:9
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9 Don’t waste your breath on fools,
for they will despise the wisest advice.
Matthew 10:14-15
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14 If any household or town refuses to welcome you or listen to your message, shake its dust from your feet as you leave. 15 I tell you the truth, the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah will be better off than such a town on the judgment day.
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Proverbs 26:11
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11 As a dog returns to its vomit,
so a fool repeats his foolishness.
Matthew 15:26
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26 Jesus responded, “It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.”
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Acts 13:45-47
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45 But when some of the Jews saw the crowds, they were jealous; so they slandered Paul and argued against whatever he said.
46 Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and declared, “It was necessary that we first preach the word of God to you Jews. But since you have rejected it and judged yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we will offer it to the Gentiles. 47 For the Lord gave us this command when he said,
‘I have made you a light to the Gentiles,
to bring salvation to the farthest corners of the earth.’[a]”
2 Timothy 4:14-15
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14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm, but the Lord will judge him for what he has done. 15 Be careful of him, for he fought against everything we said.
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Philippians 3:2
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2 Watch out for those dogs, those people who do evil, those mutilators who say you must be circumcised to be saved.
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Hebrews 10:29
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29 Just think how much worse the punishment will be for those who have trampled on the Son of God, and have treated the blood of the covenant, which made us holy, as if it were common and unholy, and have insulted and disdained the Holy Spirit who brings God’s mercy to us.
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2 Peter 2:22
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22 They prove the truth of this proverb: “A dog returns to its vomit.”[a] And another says, “A washed pig returns to the mud.”
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Proverbs 11:22
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22 A beautiful woman who lacks discretion
is like a gold ring in a pig’s snout.
Matthew 24:10
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10 And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other.
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Hebrews 6:6
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6 and who then turn away from God. It is impossible to bring such people back to repentance; by rejecting the Son of God, they themselves are nailing him to the cross once again and holding him up to public shame.
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2 Corinthians 11:26
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26 I have traveled on many long journeys. I have faced danger from rivers and from robbers. I have faced danger from my own people, the Jews, as well as from the Gentiles. I have faced danger in the cities, in the deserts, and on the seas. And I have faced danger from men who claim to be believers but are not.[a]
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- 11:26 Greek from false brothers.
Matthew 22:5-6
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5 But the guests he had invited ignored them and went their own way, one to his farm, another to his business. 6 Others seized his messengers and insulted them and killed them.
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