The Sermon on the Mount (continued)
Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.A. Give what is holy to dogs. Dogs are considered fools, those who say in their heart, “There is no God.” Proverbs 26:11 says, “As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly”. The point is, don’t give fools those things which are God’s since they don’t believe there is a God anyway.
B. Throw your pearls before swine. Swine are those who lack discretion, the ability to make good decisions. Proverbs 11:22 says, “Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a woman who shows no discretion”. The point is, don’t give women, who show no discretion, something that is valuable since they won’t know what to do with it anyway.
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