2 Peter 2:22

But the word of the true proverb has happened to them: The dog turning to his own vomit; and, The washed sow to wallowing in the mire.

Proverbs 26:11

As a dog returns to its 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

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Bible References

The dog

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

General references

And Abraham said to him, Take care that you do 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 to one another, Let us make a leader, and let us return to Egypt.

But these you shall not eat, of those which chew the cud, or of those that divide the cloven hoof: the camel, and the hare, and the rock badger, for they chew the cud, but do not divide the hoof. They are unclean to you.

But afterward they turned and caused the slaves and slave women whom they had let go free, to return! And they subjected them for slaves and slave women.

When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall even die by them.

And the rain came down, and the floods came, and the wind blew and beat on that house. And it fell, and great was its fall.

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

Remember Lot's wife.

For some have already turned aside after Satan.