2 Peter 2:22

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

Proverbs 26:11

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

General references

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

And if the disease comes again, and breaks out in the house, after that 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 choose a leader, and let us return into Egypt.

Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that have cloven hooves; as the camel, and the hare, and the rock badger: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.

But afterward 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 turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die for it.

And the rain descended, and the floods 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 aside after Satan.