Proverbs 26:11
As, a dog, returneth onto his own vomit, a dullard, repeateth his folly.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
In Context
12Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eye,—more hope of a dullard, than of him!
Cross References
Isaiah 28:8For, all tables, are full of filthy vomit,—There is no place!
2 Peter 2:22There hath befallen them the thing [spoken of] in the true proverb—A dog, turning back unto his own vomit, and—A sow, as soon as washed, unto wallowing in 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 →