Proverbs 26:11

New English Translation

Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

Cross References

Exodus 8:15

But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not listen to them, just as the Lord had predicted.

Proverbs 23:35

You will say, “They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink.”

Proverbs 26:10

Like an archer who wounds at random, so is the one who hires a fool or hires any passer-by.

Proverbs 27:22

If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.

Isaiah 28:8

Indeed, all the tables are covered with vomit; no place is untouched.

Matthew 12:45

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!”

2 Peter 2:22

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