Matthew 7:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Matthew 7:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Give not that which is holy ... - By some the word “holy” has been supposed to mean “flesh offered in sacrifice,” made holy, or separated to a sacred use; but it probably means here “anything con...
Matthew 7:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your (a) pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. (2) The stiff-necked and stubborn e...
Matthew 7:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:6 . Dogs and Swine. Lk. omits, as a reflection on Gentile readers. To the Jew, Gentiles were dogs, and careless Jews perhaps swine. The saying looks like a modification of the command no...
Matthew 7:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

dogs. Note the Introversion here.. | dogs.. | swine.. | swine.. | dogs (and the dogs). they: i.e. the swine. trample. All the critical texts read "shall trample upon". under . with. Greek....
Matthew 7:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. Give not that which is holy It is unnecessary to repeat oftener, that Matthew gives us here detached sentences, which ought not to be viewed as a continued discourse. The present instruct...
Matthew 7:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1327 CAUTION TO BE USED IN REPROVING Matthew 7:6 . Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and tu...
Matthew 7:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Give not that which is holy - Το αγιον, the...
Matthew 7:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Give not that which is holy, &c.— Lest these trample,—and those turn again and tear you. There is a similar maxim to this in the Talmudical writings: "Do not cast pearls before swine;" to w...
Matthew 7:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Give not that which is holy unto the...
Matthew 7:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sermon on the Mount (concluded) The connexion of thought in this chapter is less close than in the earlier part of the sermon, and the whole chapter bears the appearance of an appendix of misc...
Matthew 7:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

That which is holy. — The words point to the flesh which has been offered for sacrifice, the “holy thing” of Leviticus 22:6-7 ; Leviticus 22:10 ; Leviticus 22:16 , of which no un clean person or...
Matthew 7:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1-48 ; Matthew 6:1-34 ; Matthew 7:1-29 IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon on the M...
Matthew 7:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judging Self; Asking God; Serving Others Matthew 7:1-12 There is abundant need for a right and sound judgment, illumined by the Spirit of truth; but there is a world of difference between it an...
Matthew 7:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

After thus enunciating the laws of the Kingdom, and bringing men into the realm of direct dealing with God, the King authoritatively set up the standard of judgment. No man is to be his brother's jud...
Matthew 7:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I pass over the several most blessed things which the Lord Jesus here treats of, as being in themselves so plain, and by Him so beautifully expressed, as to render all explanation unnecessary. But I...
Matthew 7:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THAT WHICH IS HOLY ‘Give not that which is holy unto the dogs.’ Matthew 7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs—that is to say, never surrender the higher to the lower, never sink the...
Matthew 7:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Give not that which is holy to the dogs ,.... Dogs were unclean creatures by the law; the price of one might not be brought into the house of the Lord, for a vow, Deuteronomy 23:18 yea, these crea...
Matthew 7:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 6. Give not that which is holy to d...
Matthew 7:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Give not , &c. Even when the beam is cast out of thine own eye. Give not that which is holy unto dogs That is, talk not of the deep things of God to those whom you know to be wallowing in...
Matthew 7:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Simple honesty will understand these first five verses without difficulty. The word "judge" is used in various different ways in Scripture. Believers are told to "judge" what Paul says ( 1 Corinthian...
Matthew 7:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount. 1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what...
Matthew 7:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By swine and dogs, our Saviour doubtless understandeth wicked men of several sorts, either such as are more tame sinners, trampling upon holy things, and with swine wallowing in the mire of lust...
Matthew 7:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

How They Are To Judge Among Themselves and View Outsiders (7:1-6). Jesus now comes to the question of judgment made about others, and especially how it should be conducted under the Kingly Rule of...
Matthew 7:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 7:3 . Mote. —The Greek noun so translated means a stalk, or twig. The illustration seems to have been a familiar one among the Jews, and a proverb all but verbally identic...
Matthew 7:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 7:1-6 The law kept by sympathy. "Judge not, that ye be not judged." This word of Christ's implies I. That we are not to be eager to spy out our neighbour's faults, for that is not worthy,...
Matthew 7:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 7:1-2 . Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Use your judgment, of cour...
Matthew 7:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 7:1 . Judge not, that ye be not judged. This refers to private and censorious reproaches of others. We must judge nothing before the time. It is better that ten bad men pass for innocent,...
Matthew 7:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs. Prudence necessary in conversing upon religious subjects I. The bad characters and dispositions of some; men here represented by the allusion of “ dog...
Matthew 7:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 7:1-40 (2) As anxiety about the things of this life hinders us Godwards ( Matthew 6:19-40 ), so does censoriousness manwards ( Matthew 7:1-40 ), our Lord thus tacitly...
Matthew 7:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

An additional counsel: 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. Moral criticism is...
Matthew 7:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 11:26 ; 2 Peter 2:22 ; 2 Timothy 4:14 ; 2 Timothy 4:15 ; Acts 13:45-47 ; Hebrews 10:29 ; Hebrews 6:6 ; Matthew 10:14 ; Matthew 10:15 ; Matthew 15:26 ; Matthew 22:5 ; Matthew...
Matthew 7:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount (Continued) Matthew 7:1-29 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A command. God not only requests but definitely commands us, that we should not judge one another. There is probably no...
Matthew 7:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Here is another instance of that transposition, where of the two things proposed, the latter is first treated of. Give not — to dogs — lest turning they rend you: Cast not — to swine — lest they tr...

Matthew 7:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 7:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 7:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 7:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 7:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 7:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 7:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 7:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 7:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 7:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 7:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 7:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 7:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 7:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 7:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 7:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 7:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 7:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 7:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 7:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 7:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 7:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 7:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 7:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 7:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 7:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 7:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 7:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes