Dog (sodomite?)
In these verses a dog is seldom a pet. The word is mostly an insult, or a lowly thing a man says about himself. Mephibosheth bows before David and asks, “What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?” Goliath says, “Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves?” Isaiah calls careless watchmen “dumb dogs, they cannot bark.” Proverbs says that “as a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.” Philippians 3:2 warns, “Beware of dogs,” and Revelation 22:15 puts dogs outside the city. Isaiah 56:10-11 is a good place to start.
12 verses
1 Samuel
And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
2 Samuel
Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?
And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
1 Kings
And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
2 Kings
And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
Proverbs
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
Isaiah
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
Philippians
Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
Revelation
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.