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Proverbs 26:11
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11 Like a dog that returns to its vomit
    is a fool who reverts to his folly.

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Proverbs 26:11
Authorized (King James) Version

11 As a dog returneth to his vomit,
so a fool returneth to his folly.

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Proverbs 26:11
New English Translation

11 Like a dog that returns to its vomit,[a]
so a fool repeats his folly.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:11 sn The simile is graphic and debasing (cf. 2 Peter 2:22).
  2. Proverbs 26:11 sn The point is clear: Fools repeat their disgusting mistakes, or to put it another way, whenever we repeat our disgusting mistakes we are fools. The proverb is affirming that no matter how many times a fool is warned, he never learns.
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