2 Peter 2:22

It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.

Proverbs 26:11

As a dog that returneth to his vomit,'so is a fool that repeateth 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 that returneth to his vomit,'so is a fool that repeateth his folly.

General references

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

And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken out the stones, and after he hath 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 them that chew the cud, or of them that have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare, and the coney; because they chew the cud but part not the hoof, they are unclean unto you.

but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.

When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die therein.

and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.

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

Remember Lot's wife.

for already some are turned aside after Satan.