2 Peter 2:22

But it has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog returns unto his own vomit, and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

Proverbs 26:11

As a dog returns to his vomit, so the fool returns to his folly.

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2 Peter 2:22

But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

The dog

Proverbs 26:11

General references

Bible References

The dog

As a dog returns to his vomit, so the fool returns to his folly.

General references

And Abraham said unto him, Beware that thou not bring my son there again.

And if the plague comes again and breaks out in the house after he has taken away the stones and after he has scraped the house and after it is plastered,

And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of those that chew the cud or of those that divide the cloven hoof: the camel and the hare and the coney, for they chew the cud, but do not divide the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you;

But afterward they repented and caused the slaves and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return and brought them into subjection for slaves and for handmaids.

When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die thereby.

and the rain descended, and the rivers came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it.

saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

Remember Lot's wife.

For some are already turned back after Satan.