The Dog
21 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
16 sections
- (Dead) of the Mean
- (Dumb) of Unfaithful Ministers
- Carnivorous
- Dangerous and Destructive
- Despised by the Jews
- Fond of Blood
- Impatient of Injury
- Infested Cities by Night
- Manner of, in Drinking Alluded To
- Nothing Holy to be Given To
- Price of, not to be Consecrated
- Sacrificing of, an Abomination
- Things Torn by Beasts Given To
- Unclean
- when Domesticated: Employed in Watching Flocks
- when Domesticated: Fed with the Crumbs
(Dead) of the Mean
- 1 Samuel 24:14 Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
- 2 Samuel 9:8 Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”
(Dumb) of Unfaithful Ministers
- Isaiah 56:10 Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
Carnivorous
- 1 Kings 14:11 Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.’ For the LORD has spoken.
- 2 Kings 9:35–36 But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands. …
Dangerous and Destructive
- Psalm 22:16 For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
Despised by the Jews
- 2 Samuel 3:8 Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not …
Fond of Blood
- 1 Kings 21:19 Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will …
- 1 Kings 22:38 And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.
Impatient of Injury
- Proverbs 26:17 Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
Infested Cities by Night
- Psalm 59:14–15 They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city. …
Manner of, in Drinking Alluded To
- Judges 7:5 So Gideon brought the men down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.”
Nothing Holy to be Given To
- Matthew 7:6 Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
- Matthew 15:26 But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
Price of, not to be Consecrated
- Deuteronomy 23:18 You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.
Sacrificing of, an Abomination
- Isaiah 66:3 Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one …
Things Torn by Beasts Given To
- Exodus 22:31 You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.
Unclean
- Luke 16:21 and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
- 2 Peter 2:22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
when Domesticated: Employed in Watching Flocks
- Job 30:1 “But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.
when Domesticated: Fed with the Crumbs
- Matthew 15:27 “Yes, Lord,” she said, “even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
Related topics
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.