Proverbs 26:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.”
What this verse means
Read Proverbs 26:11 in the flow of Proverbs26 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs26 to see the surrounding context.
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BSBPD
“As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“As a dog that returneth to his vomit, So isa fool that repeateth his folly.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“As a dog hath returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 26:11 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 8:15When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
- Isaiah 28:8For all their tables are covered with vomit; there is not a place without filth.
- Matthew 12:45Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there; and the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”
- 2 Peter 2:22Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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