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Selected Verse: Proverbs 26:11 - King James

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Pr 26:11 King James As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
returneth . . . folly--Though disgusting to others, the fool delights in his folly.
 
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11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
22 But 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.
8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
22 But 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.