Proverbs 26:11
As a dog turned back upon his vomit, the foolish one repeated in his folly.
2 Peter 2:22
And that of the true proverb has happened to them, The dog having turned back to his own vomit; and the sow having been washed to the rolling of the mire.
Exodus 8:15
And Pharaoh will see that there was enlargement, and he made his heart heavy, and he heard not to them; as Jehovah spake.
Matthew 12:45
Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits, worse than he, and having come in, they dwell there: and the last things of that man are worse than the first. So also shall it be to this evil generation.
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Summary
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
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A dog
Exodus 8:15
And Pharaoh will see that there was enlargement, and he made his heart heavy, and he heard not to them; as Jehovah spake.
Matthew 12:45
Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits, worse than he, and having come in, they dwell there: and the last things of that man are worse than the first. So also shall it be to this evil generation.
2 Peter 2:22
And that of the true proverb has happened to them, The dog having turned back to his own vomit; and the sow having been washed to the rolling of the mire.
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Isaiah 28:8
For all tables were full of vomit, of filth without place.
Jeremiah 34:11
And they will turn back after this, and they will cause their servants and their maids to turn back whom they sent away free, and they subdued them for servants and for maids.