2 Peter 2:22
It happened to them according to the true proverb: The dog returns to his own vomit, and the sow that had washed to 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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Summary
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
Bible References
The dog
Proverbs 26:11
As a dog returns to his vomit so a fool returns to his folly.
General references
Genesis 24:6
Abraham answered: Make sure that you do not send my son back there!
Leviticus 14:43
If the mildew breaks out again in the house after the stones have been removed and the house has been scraped and plastered,
Numbers 14:4
They said to each other: Let us choose a leader and go back to Egypt.
Deuteronomy 14:7
Do not eat of these that chew the cud, or among those that divide the hoof in two: the camel and the rabbit and the shaphan. Even though they chew the cud, they do not divide the hoof. They are unclean for you.
Jeremiah 34:11
Later they changed their minds and took back the men and women they had freed and made them their slaves again.
Ezekiel 33:18
If the righteous person turns from the right things that he has done and does evil, he will die because of it.
Matthew 7:27
The rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and battered the house and it fell with a great crash.
Luke 14:30
You started and could not finish,' they will say.
Luke 17:32
Remember Lot's wife!
1 Timothy 5:15
Some have already turned aside after Satan.