Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
General references
Bible References
A dog
Exodus 8:15
But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not listen to them, just as the LORD had predicted.
Matthew 12:45
Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and settle there. And so the final condition of that person becomes worse than the first. That's just what will happen to this evil generation!"
2 Peter 2:22
The proverb is true that describes what has happened to them: "A dog returns to its vomit," and "A pig that is washed goes back to wallow in the mud."
General references
Isaiah 28:8
For all the tables are covered in vomit and filth, with no clean space left.
Jeremiah 34:11
But afterward they turned around and took back the male and female slaves that they had set free, and they forced them to become male and female slaves.