Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
Bible References
A dead dog
2 Samuel 3:8
Then Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bosheth and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hands of David; and yet today you charge me with a guilt concerning the woman.
2 Samuel 16:9
Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over now and cut off his head.”
1 Samuel 24:14
After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog, a single flea?
1 Samuel 26:20
Now then, do not let my blood fall to the ground away from the presence of the Lord; for the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea, just as one hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
Matthew 15:26
And He answered and said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”