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Proverbs 26:11

Proverbs 26:11
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

As a dog returneth to his vomit,.... Who being sick with what he has eaten, casts it up again, and afterwards returns unto it and licks it up;

so a fool returneth to his folly, or "repeats" (a) it,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

See here, 1. What an abominable thing sin is, and how hateful sometimes it is made to appear, even to the sinner himself. When his conscience is convinced, or he feels smart from his sin, he is sick…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

So a fool returneth to Rather, So is a fool that repeateth, R.V.; iterat, Vulg. The Heb. word is not the same as in the first clause of the verse. Comp. on the proverb 2Pe 2:22.

Pro 26:13-16. Another…

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