Proverbs 26:11

New American Bible - revised edition

As dogs return to their vomit, so fools repeat their folly.

Cross References

Exodus 8:15

and the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” Yet Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said. Fourth Plague: The Flies.

Proverbs 23:35

“They struck me, but it did not pain me; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When can I get up, when can I go out and get more?”

Proverbs 26:10

An archer wounding all who pass by is anyone who hires a drunken fool.

Proverbs 27:22

Though you pound fools with a pestle, their folly never leaves them.

Isaiah 28:8

Yes, all the tables are covered with vomit, with filth, and no place left clean.

Matthew 12:45

Then it goes and brings back with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they move in and dwell there; and the last condition of that person is worse than the first. Thus it will be with this evil generation.” The True Family of Jesus.

2 Peter 2:22

What is expressed in the true proverb has happened to them, “The dog returns to its own vomit,” and “A bathed sow returns to wallowing in the mire.”