Popular Bible Verses about Dogs

Found 27 Verses

Matthew 7:6

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"Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces." NIV

Do not give that which is holy (the sacred thing) to the dogs, and do not throw your pearls before hogs, lest they trample upon them with their feet and turn and tear you in pieces. AMP

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. KJV

2 Kings 9:10

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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." NIV

And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and none shall bury her. And he opened the door and fled. [Fulfilled in II Kings 9:33-37.] AMP

And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled. KJV

Luke 16:21

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And longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. NIV

He [eagerly] desired to be satisfied with what fell from the rich man's table; moreover, the dogs even came and licked his sores. AMP

And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. KJV

1 Kings 21:23

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"And also concerning Jezebel the LORD says: 'Dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.'" NIV

Also the Lord said of Jezebel: The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. AMP

And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. KJV

Zechariah 11:13

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And the LORD said to me, "Throw it to the potter" – the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the house of the LORD. NIV

And the Lord said to me, Cast it to the potter [as if He said, To the dogs!]--the munificently [miserable] sum at which I [and My shepherd] am priced by them! And I [Zechariah] took the thirty pieces of silver and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord. [Matt. 26:14, 15; 27:3-10.] AMP

And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD. KJV

Mark 7:27

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"First let the children eat all they want," he told her, "for it is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs." NIV

And He said to her, First let the children be fed, for it is not becoming or proper or right to take the children's bread and throw it to the [little house] dogs. AMP

But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. KJV

Matthew 15:26

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He replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs." NIV

And He answered, It is not right (proper, becoming, or fair) to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs. AMP

But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. KJV

1 Kings 21:24

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

Any belonging to Ahab who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and any who dies in the field the birds of the air shall eat. [I Kings 14:11; 16:4.] AMP

Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat. KJV

Mark 7:28

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"Lord," she replied, "even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs." NIV

But she answered Him, Yes, Lord, yet even the small pups under the table eat the little children's scraps of food. AMP

And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. KJV

Matthew 15:27

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"Yes it is, Lord," she said. "Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table." NIV

She said, Yes, Lord, yet even the little pups (little whelps) eat the crumbs that fall from their [young] masters' table. AMP

And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. KJV