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But concerning the one who lacks such things -- he is blind. That is to say, he is nearsighted, since he has forgotten about the cleansing of his past sins.

Verse ConceptsBacksliding, CausesLackPast, TheDefective VisionForgetting ThingsBeing Cleansed From SinThe Pastcleansingpastpeter

(for while he lived among them day after day, that righteous man was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)

Verse ConceptsLawlessnessPainUnceasingContinual Hardship

yet was rebuked for his own transgression (a dumb donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the prophet's madness).

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyMadnessMouthsRebukeRestraintPeople Acting MadlyDumbnessBeing ReprovedDumbThe Dumb Speaking

They are illustrations of this true proverb: "A dog returns to its own vomit," and "A sow, after washing herself, wallows in the mire."

Verse ConceptsdogsWicked Described AsDegradationSwinePigsUnclean SpiritsOld SayingsUnclean AnimalsBacksliderspork