Proverbs 26:11
Like a dog that returns to his vomit, so also is the imprudent who repeats his foolishness.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
In Context
10Judgment determines cases. And whoever imposes silence on the foolish mitigates anger.
Cross References
Isaiah 28:8For all the tables have been filled with vomit and filth, so much so that there was no place left.
2 Peter 2:22For the truth of the proverb has happened to them: The dog has returned to his own vomit, and the washed sow has returned to her wallowing in the mud.
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 →