for what its worth that verse came to mind a lot to me in early sobriety. especiallyt he pearls to the swine thing.
I have a bad habit of just giving whomever the benefit of the doubt giving them the best of me and then having them promptly turning around and crapping on me then i sit there baffled how this coudl happen i was so nice etc... *sigh*
now I hold back some so i dont get crapped on.