Proverbs 26:11
As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
In Context
10The great God that formed all things both rewards the fool, and rewards transgressors.
12See you a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Cross References
Isaiah 28:8For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.
2 Peter 2:22But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; 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 →