"Don't waste what is holy on people who are
dogs. Don't throw your pearls to
pigs! They will trample the pearls, then turn and attack you." -- Matthew 7:6
Then Jesus said to the [Canaanite] woman, "I was sent only to help God's lost
sheep—the people of Israel." But she came and worshiped him, pleading again, "Lord, help me!" Jesus responded, "It isn't right to take food from the children and throw it to the
dogs." -- Matthew 15:24ff.
Jesus told her, "First I should feed the children—my own family, the Jews. It isn't right to take food from the children and throw it to the
dogs." -- Mark 7:27
Watch out for those
dogs, those people who do evil, those mutilators who say you must be circumcised to be saved. -- Philippians 3:2
It would be better if they had never known the way to righteousness than to know it and then reject the command they were given to live a holy life. They prove the truth of this proverb: "A
dog returns to its vomit." And another says, "A washed
pig returns to the mud." -- 2 Peter 2:21f.
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look! The
Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" -- John 1:29
But ye believe not, because ye are not of my
sheep, as I said unto you. My
sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: -- John 10:26f.
Outside the city are the
dogs—the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idol worshipers, and all who love to live a lie. -- Revelation 22:15