Proverbs 26:11
As a dog who returns to his vomit, [is] a fool who repeats his folly.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
In Context
10[As] an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool, and he who hires those who pass by.
12See thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope for a fool than of him.
Cross References
Isaiah 28:8For all tables are full of vomit, filthiness, no place [clean].
2 Peter 2:22But that of the TRUE proverb has happened to them, The dog returning to his own vomit, and the sow that washed to wallowing in mire.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:11
The Conduct of Fools. 10 The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors. Our translation gives this verse a different reading in the text and in the margin; and accordingly it expresses either, 1. The equity of a good God. The Master, or Lord (so Rab signifies), or, as we read it, The great God that formed all things at first, and still governs them in infinite wisdom, renders to every man according to his work. He rewards the fool, who sinned through ignorance, who knew… Read the whole commentary →