Proverbs 26:11

New Century Version

A fool who repeats his foolishness is like a dog that goes back to what it has thrown up.

Cross References

Exodus 8:15

But when the king saw that they were free of the frogs, he became stubborn again. He did not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.

Proverbs 23:35

You will think, “They hit me, but I’m not hurt. They beat me up, but I don’t remember it. I wish I could wake up. Then I would get another drink.”

Proverbs 26:10

Hiring a foolish person or anyone just passing by is like an archer shooting at just anything.

Proverbs 27:22

Even if you ground up a foolish person like grain in a bowl, you couldn’t remove the foolishness.

Isaiah 28:8

Every table is covered with vomit, so there is not a clean place anywhere.

Matthew 12:45

Then the evil spirit goes out and brings seven other spirits even more evil than it is, and they go in and live there. So the person has even more trouble than before. It is the same way with the evil people who live today.”

2 Peter 2:22

What they did is like this true saying: “A dog goes back to what it has thrown up,” and, “After a pig is washed, it goes back and rolls in the mud.”