Matthew 7:6 Cross References

Matthew 7:6

6: "Don't give what is holy to unholy people. Don't give pearls to swine! They will trample the pearls, then turn and attack you.

Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get a smart retort. Anyone who rebukes the wicked will get hurt.
So don't bother rebuking mockers; they will only hate you. But the wise, when rebuked, will love you all the more.

If a village doesn't welcome you or listen to you, shake off the dust of that place from your feet as you leave.
I assure you, the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah will be better off on the judgment day than that place will be.

"It isn't right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs," he said.

But when the Jewish leaders saw the crowds, they were jealous; so they slandered Paul and argued against whatever he said.
Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and declared, "It was necessary that this Good News from God be given first to you Jews. But since you have rejected it and judged yourselves unworthy of eternal life--well, we will offer it to Gentiles.
For this is as the Lord commanded us when he said, 'I have made you a light to the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the farthest corners of the earth.'"

Watch out for those dogs, those wicked men and their evil deeds, those mutilators who say you must be circumcised to be saved.

Alexander the coppersmith has done me much harm, but the Lord will judge him for what he has done.
Be careful of him, for he fought against everything we said.

Think how much more terrible the punishment will be for those who have trampled on the Son of God and have treated the blood of the covenant as if it were common and unholy. Such people have insulted and enraged the Holy Spirit who brings God's mercy to his people.

They make these proverbs come true: "A dog returns to its vomit," and "A washed pig returns to the mud."

A woman who is beautiful but lacks discretion is like a gold ring in a pig's snout.

But the guests he had invited ignored them and went about their business, one to his farm, another to his store.
Others seized his messengers and treated them shamefully, even killing some of them.

and who then turn away from God. It is impossible to bring such people to repentance again because they are nailing the Son of God to the cross again by rejecting him, holding him up to public shame.

I have traveled many weary miles. I have faced danger from flooded 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 stormy seas. And I have faced danger from men who claim to be Christians but are not.

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