Pearls before swine refers to a quotation from the discourse on holiness, a section of Jesus Christ's Sermon on the Mount.

Pearls before swine may also refer to:

• Pearls Before Swine - a comic strip
• Pearls Before Swine - an American psychedelic folk band
• Casting Pearls- an American Christian Rock band
• Casting Pearls - the fore-mentioned band's first, full-length album.
• Pearls Before Swine - a puzzle/logic game using the Nim format

• An alternate title for Kurt Vonnegut's novel God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
• The English title of Coroner's Pidgin, a 1945 novel by Margery Allingham
• A song by The 77s on that band's 1990 album Sticks and Stones
• A song by Corrosion of Conformity on that band's 1994 album Deliverance
• A bonus track by guitarist Yngwie J. Malmsteen on his 1997 album Facing the Animal
• A Series 1 episode of Monkey

Similar Phrases

• ???? neko ni koban - literally "gold coins to a cat" is an idiomatic Japanese proverb with the same meaning as "casting pearls before swine" (????, which is a translation of "pearls before swine," is commonly used as well.)
• bandar kya jaane adrak ka swad... - literally "Would one expect a monkey to appreciate the taste of ginger..." is an idiomatic Urdu proverb with the same meaning as "casting pearls before swine"
• "e?ek ho?aftan ne anlar.." - literally "an ass does not appreciate fruit compote.." is an idiomatic (Turkish proverb) with the same meaning as "casting pearls before swine"
• ???? duì niú tán qín - literally "play music to a cow" is a Chinese chengyu (four-character idiom) with a similar meaning to "cast pearls before swine"
• Perler for et svin Peerloer fur iet swine - Literally "Pearls for a swine", Danish and not so common expression. Basically means that you shouldn't do anything for people that they don't/might not appreciate.

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