Proverbs Chapter 26 verse 11 Holy Bible
As a dog that returneth to his vomit, `So is' a fool that repeateth his folly.
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Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.
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As a dog turneth back to its vomit, [so] a fool repeateth his folly.
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As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
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As a dog that returns to his vomit, So is a fool who repeats his folly.
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As a dog hath returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - As the dog returneth to his vomit (see 2 Peter 2:22, which, however, is not quoted from the Septuagint), so a fool returneth to his folly; or, repeateth his folly. The fool never frees himself from the trammels of his foolishness; his deeds and words always bear the same character to the end. The same truth holds good of the sinner, especially the drunkard and the sensualist. If they feel temporary compunction, and reject their sin by partial repentance, they do not really shake it off wholly; it has become a second nature to them, and they soon relapse into it. Septuagint, "As when a dog goes to his own vomit and becomes hateful, so is a fool who returns in his wickedness to his own sin." The LXX. adds a distich which is found in Ecclus. 4:21, "There is a shame that bringeth sin, and there is a shame that is glory and grace."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) So a fool returneth to his folly.--Though he knows it to be folly, and ruinous to him: but vice has become to him a second nature, and he cannot, even if he would, escape from it. This is especially true of those who have given way to drink or impurity of life.