Proverbs 26:11

Proverbs chapter 26 · verse 11 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

As a dog that returneth to his vomit, So isa fool that repeateth his folly.

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

As a dog that returneth to his vomit, So isa fool that repeateth his folly.

v.10As an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.

v.11This passage

v.12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Matthew 12:45
Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation.
2 Peter 2:22
It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.
Exodus 8:15
But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them, as Jehovah had spoken.