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Pro 26:11 — As a dog returneth to his vomit, [so] a fool returneth to his folly.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

a dog		Exd 8:15; Mat 12:45; 2Pe 2:22
returneth to his folly		Heb. iterateth his folly.

Correlating Passages

a dog

	Exd 8:15	But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
	Mat 12:45	Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last [state] of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
	2Pe 2:22	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.

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Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 26:11," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Pro/26/11.html>.

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