Cross references
Matthew 7:6
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.
Matthew 7:6 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 15 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 9:7–8 (90 votes) and Proverbs 23:9 (77 votes). 24 other verses point back to it. It links with 19 other books, from Genesis 19 to 2 Peter 2.
Which verses does Matthew 7:6 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Proverbs 9:7–890 votes
He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself. Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
- Proverbs 23:977 votes
Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
- Matthew 10:14–1557 votes
And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town. Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
- Proverbs 26:1149 votes
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
- Matthew 15:2631 votes
But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
- Acts 13:45–4730 votes
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying. Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. …
- Philippians 3:229 votes
Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!
- Hebrews 10:2928 votes
How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
- 2 Peter 2:2226 votes
Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
- 2 Timothy 4:14–1523 votes
Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds. You too should beware of him, for he has vigorously opposed our message.
- Proverbs 11:2215 votes
- Matthew 24:1014 votes
- Hebrews 6:611 votes
- Matthew 22:5–69 votes
- 2 Corinthians 11:266 votes
Which verses point to Matthew 7:6?
The 10 strongest of 24.