Proverbs 26:11
Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
In Context
10Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.
Cross References
Isaiah 28:8For all the tables are covered with coughed-up food, so that there is not a clean place.
2 Peter 2:22They are an example of that true saying, The dog has gone back to the food it had put out, and the pig which had been washed to its rolling in the dirty earth.
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 →