Proverbs 26:11
As a dog that returneth to his vomit, so is the fool that repeateth his folly.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
In Context
10Judgment determineth causes: and he that putteth a fool to silence, appeaseth anger.
12Hast thou seen a man wise in his own conceit? there shall be more hope of a fool than of him.
Cross References
Isaiah 28:8For all tables were full of vomit and filth, so that there was no more place.
2 Peter 2:22For, that of the true proverb has happened to them: The dog is returned to his vomit: and, The sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the 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 →