Proverbs 26:11 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹¹ 8 As he is guilty that shooteth arrows, and lances unto death :

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ As a dog returneth to his vomit, So a fool returneth to his folly.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ As a dog that returneth to his vomit, So is a fool that repeateth his folly.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats foolish mistakes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ Like a dog that returns to his vomit, so also is the imprudent who repeats his foolishness.

Proverbs 26:11 Cross References

Exodus 8:15

7 And they did so. And Aaron stretched forth his hand, holding the rod: and he struck the dust of the earth, and there came sciniphs on men and on beasts: all the dust of the earth was turned into sciniphs through all the land of Egypt.

Proverbs 23:35

Wisdom is too high for a fool, in the gate he shall not open his mouth.

Proverbs 26:10

7 As he that taketh a dog by the ears, so is he that passeth by in anger, and meddleth with another man's quarrel.

Proverbs 27:22

For the sine of the land many are the princes thereof: and for the wisdom of a man, and the knowledge of those things that are said, the life of the prince shall be prolonged.

Isaiah 28:8

6 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will lay a stone in the foundations of Sion, a tried stone, a corner stone, a precious stone, founded in the foundation. He that believeth, let him not hasten.

Matthew 12:45

And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow.

2 Peter 2:22

The Lord delayeth not his promise, as some imagine, but dealeth patiently for your sake, not willing that any should perish, but that all should return to penance.