Popular Bible Verses about Pigs

And he would gladly have fed on and filled his belly with the carob pods that the hogs were eating, but [they could not satisfy his hunger and] nobody gave him anything [better]. [Jer. 30:14.] AMP

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. KJV

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

So He gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out [of the man] and entered into the hogs; and the herd, numbering about 2,000, rushed headlong down the steep slope into the sea and were drowned in the sea. AMP

And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea. KJV

Now a great herd of hogs was grazing there on the hillside. AMP

Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. KJV

And the demons begged Him, saying, Send us to the hogs, that we may go into them! AMP

And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. KJV

The hog feeders ran away, and told [it] in the town and in the country. And [the people] came to see what it was that had taken place. AMP

And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done. KJV

And those who had seen it related in full what had happened to the man possessed by demons and to the hogs. AMP

And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine. KJV

And the demons begged Him, If You drive us out, send us into the drove of hogs. AMP

So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. KJV

Now at some distance from there a drove of many hogs was grazing. AMP

And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. KJV

So he went and forced (glued) himself upon one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed hogs. AMP

And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. KJV