"Pearls before swine" and "casting pearls" refer to a quotation from Matthew 7:6 in Jesus's Sermon on the Mount: "Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces."
Pearls before swine may also refer to:
Music
- Pearls Before Swine (band), an American psychedelic folk band formed by Tom Rapp
- "Pearls Before Swine", a song by Coldcut from their 1993 album Philosophy
- "Pearls Before Swine", a song by Corrosion of Conformity from their album Deliverance
- "Pearls before the Swine", a song by Machine Head from their album Unto the Locust
- "Pearls B4 the Swine", a song by Prince from his album One Nite Alone...
- Perler for Svin, a 1996 album by Norwegian rock band Raga Rockers
- Parels voor de Zwijnen, a 2005 album by Dutch group De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig
- "Casting Pearls Before the Swine", a bonus song by Yngwie Malmsteen, from the album Facing the Animal
Other uses
- Pearls Before Swine (comics), a comic strip by American cartoonist Stephan Pastis
- Pearls Before Swine (film), a 1999 Australian movie starring Boyd Rice
- Pearls Before Swine (musical), a 1986 Australian musical by Dennis Watkins and Chris Harriott
- Pearls Before Swine, a puzzle/logic game using the Nim format
- Pearls Before Swine, the twelfth novel in the Albert Campion series by Margery Allingham (published in UK as Coroner's Pidgin)
- God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (also known as Pearls Before Swine), a novel by Kurt Vonnegut
See also
- Casting Pearls (album), the debut album by Christian rock band VOTA (formerly named Casting Pearls)
- Casting Pearls, the fourth album by Welsh rock band Melys
