2 Peter 2:22

and happened to them hath that of the true similitude; 'A dog did turn back upon his own vomit,' and, 'A sow having bathed herself -- to rolling in mire.'

Proverbs 26:11

As a dog hath returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating 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 hath returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly.

General references

And Abraham saith unto him, 'Take heed to thyself, lest thou cause my son to turn back thither;

'And if the plague return, and hath broken out in the house, after he hath drawn out the stones, and after the scraping of the house, and after the daubing;

And they say one unto another, 'Let us appoint a head, and turn back to Egypt.'

Only, this ye do not eat, of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing the cloven hoof: the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit, for they are bringing up the cud but the hoof have not divided; unclean they are to you;

and they turn afterwards, and cause the men-servants and the maid-servants to return, whom they had sent forth free, and they subdue them for men-servants and for maid-servants.

In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity -- he dieth for it.

and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell, and its fall was great.'

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

remember the wife of Lot.

for already certain did turn aside after the Adversary.