2 Peter 2:22

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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

Proverbs 26:11

General references

Bible References

The dog

Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.

General references

And Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land.

And if the disease comes out again in the house after he has taken out the stones and after the walls have been rubbed and the new paste put on,

And they said to one another, Let us make a captain over us, and go back to Egypt.

But even among these, there are some which may not be used for food: such as the camel, the hare, and the coney, which are unclean to you, because, though their food comes back, the horn of their feet is not parted in two.

But later, they took back again the servants and the servant-girls whom they had let go free, and put them again under the yoke as servants and servant-girls.

When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it.

And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.

And saying, This man made a start at building and is not able to make it complete.

Keep in mind Lot's wife.

For even now some are turned away to Satan.