Proverbs 26:11
Stupid people repeat their stupidity like a dog returning to its vomit.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
In Context
12Have you seen a man who is wise in his own eyes? There's more hope for stupid people than for him!
Cross References
Isaiah 28:8All their tables are full of vomit—filth is everywhere.
2 Peter 2:22This proverb has come true for them: “The dog has returned to its own vomit, and the washed pig has gone back to rolling 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 →