Proverbs 26:11
As a dog returneth to that which he hath vomited, So a fool repeateth his folly.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
In Context
10As an archer who woundeth every one, So is he who hireth fools and hireth wayfarers.
12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
Cross References
Isaiah 28:8For all their tables are full of filthy vomit, So that there is no place clean.
2 Peter 2:22It hath happened to them according to the true proverb, The dog returned to his own 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 →