6 “Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
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Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 7:6. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
How to read this study data
Source panels are separated by tradition and license. Imported or dataset-backed morphology is stronger than generated or rule-aligned morphology, and editorial alignment notes explain source-structure exceptions without pretending to be ancient source text.
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Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
Μὴ δῶτε τὸ ἅγιον τοῖς κυσί· μηδὲ βάλητε τοὺς μαργαρίτας ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν χοίρων, μήποτε καταπατήσωσιν αὐτοὺς ἐν τοῖς ποσὶν αὐτῶν, καὶ στραφέντες ῥήξωσιν ὑμᾶς.
Μὴ
δῶτε
τὸ
ἅγιον
τοῖς
κυσί
μηδὲ
βάλητε
τοὺς
μαργαρίτας
- Lemma
- margaritav
- Transliteration
- margaritav
- Morphology
- Greek: noun accusative plural masculine
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Strong's
- G3135
- Occurrences
- 2
ὑμῶν
ἔμπροσθεν
τῶν
χοίρων
μήποτε
καταπατήσωσιν
- Lemma
- katapathswsin
- Transliteration
- katapathswsin
- Morphology
- Greek: verb aorist active subjunctive plural
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G2662
- Occurrences
- 1
αὐτοὺς
ἐν
τοῖς
ποσὶν
αὐτῶν
καὶ
στραφέντες
- Lemma
- strafentev
- Transliteration
- strafentev
- Morphology
- Greek: verb second aorist passive participle nominative plural masculine
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G4762
- Occurrences
- 1
ῥήξωσιν
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
Μὴ δῶτε τὸ ἅγιον τοῖς κυσίν, μηδὲ βάλητε τοὺς μαργαρίτας ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν χοίρων, μήποτε καταπατήσουσιν αὐτοὺς ἐν τοῖς ποσὶν αὐτῶν καὶ στραφέντες ῥήξωσιν ὑμᾶς.
τὸ
τοῖς
τοὺς
μαργαρίτας
- Lemma
- μαργαρίτης
- Morphology
- N-APM
- Part of Speech
- N
- Strong's
- G3135
- Occurrences
- 9
τῶν
ἐν
τοῖς
καὶ
Coverage: New Testament
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܠܐ ܬܬܠܘܢ ܩܘܕܫܐ ܠܟܠܒܐ ܘܠܐ ܬܪܡܘܢ ܡܪܓܢܝܬܟܘܢ ܩܕܡ ܚܙܝܪܐ ܕܠܡܐ ܢܕܘܫܘܢ ܐܢܝܢ ܒܪܓܠܝܗܘܢ ܘܢܗܦܟܘܢ ܢܒܙܥܘܢܟܘܢ
ܠܐ
- Confidence
- medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
- Lemma
- ܠܐ
- Transliteration
- la
- Morphology
- negative particle
- Gloss
- not
- Occurrences
- 1681
ܬܬܠܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܬܬܠܘܢ
- Transliteration
- ttlwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 4
ܩܘܕܫܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܩܘܕܫܐ
- Transliteration
- qwdsh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 9
ܠܟܠܒܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܟܠܒܐ
- Transliteration
- lklb'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 3
ܘܠܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܠܐ
- Transliteration
- wl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 732
ܬܪܡܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܬܪܡܘܢ
- Transliteration
- trmwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 1
ܡܪܓܢܝܬܟܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܪܓܢܝܬܟܘܢ
- Transliteration
- mrgnytkwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 1
ܩܕܡ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܩܕܡ
- Transliteration
- qdm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 192
ܚܙܝܪܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܚܙܝܪܐ
- Transliteration
- hzyr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 5
ܕܠܡܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܠܡܐ
- Transliteration
- dlm'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 81
ܢܕܘܫܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܢܕܘܫܘܢ
- Transliteration
- ndwshwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 2
ܐܢܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܐܢܝܢ
- Transliteration
- 'nyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 64
ܒܪܓܠܝܗܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܒܪܓܠܝܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- brglyhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 1
ܘܢܗܦܟܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܢܗܦܟܘܢ
- Transliteration
- wnhpkwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
ܢܒܙܥܘܢܟܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܢܒܙܥܘܢܟܘܢ
- Transliteration
- nbz'wnkwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 1
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Nolite dare sanctum canibus: neque mittatis margaritas vestras ante porcos, ne forte conculcent eas pedibus suis, et conversi dirumpant vos.
nolite
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nolo
- Transliteration
- nolite
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 620
dare
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- do
- Transliteration
- dare
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 2116
sanctum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sanctus
- Transliteration
- sanctum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 797
canibus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- canis
- Transliteration
- canibus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 44
neque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- neque
- Transliteration
- neque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 930
mittatis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mitto
- Transliteration
- mittatis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1165
margaritas
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- margarita
- Transliteration
- margaritas
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 9
vestras
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uester
- Transliteration
- vestras
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 1504
ante
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ante
- Transliteration
- ante
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 594
porcos
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- porcus
- Transliteration
- porcos
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 12
ne
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ne
- Transliteration
- ne
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1109
forte
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- forte
- Transliteration
- forte
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 200
conculcent
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- conculco
- Transliteration
- conculcent
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 45
eas
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eas
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
pedibus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- pes
- Transliteration
- pedibus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 362
suis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- suus
- Transliteration
- suis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 5783
et
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- et
- Transliteration
- et
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- and, also, even
- Etymology
- Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
- Occurrences
- 50526
conversi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- conuerto
- Transliteration
- conversi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 343
disrumpant
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dirumpo
- Transliteration
- disrumpant
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 22
vos
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uos
- Transliteration
- vos
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 2958
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
Proverbs 23:9
Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
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As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.
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But he answered, “It is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
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Beware of the dogs; beware of the evil workers; beware of the false circumcision.
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How much worse punishment do you think he will be judged worthy of who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
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But it has happened to them according to the true proverb, “The dog turns to his own vomit again,” and “the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire.”
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Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
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Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.
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and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to open shame.
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