As when a dog goes to his own vomit, and becomes abominable, so is fool who returns in his wickedness to his own sin. [There is a shame that brings sin: and there is a shame that is glory and grace.]
This bible verse has been derived from Brenton Septuagint Translation
If you can take a closer look at Proverbs chapter 26 from verse 10 to 12, and take a bible study you will understand verse 11 better which talks more about:
(11) So a fool returneth to his folly.--Though he knows it to be folly, and ruinous to him: but vice has become to him a second nature, and he cannot, even if he would, escape from it. This is especially true of those who have given way to drink or impurity of life.
- Ellicott's Commentary
Verse 11. - As the dog returneth to his vomit (see 2 Peter 2:22, which, however, is not quoted from the Septuagint), so a fool returneth to his folly; or, repeateth his folly. The fool never frees himself from the trammels of his foolishness; his deeds and words always bear the same character to the end. The same truth holds good of the sinner, especially the drunkard and the sensualist. If they feel temporary compunction, and reject their sin by partial repentance, they do not really shake it off wholly; it has become a second nature to them, and they soon relapse into it. Septuagint, "As when a dog goes to his own vomit and becomes hateful, so is a fool who returns in his wickedness to his own sin." The LXX. adds a distich which is found in Ecclus. 4:21, "There is a shame that bringeth sin, and there is a shame that is glory and grace."
- Pulpit commentary
…10 Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby. 11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly. 12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.…
The moral lesson of this Bible verse is:
Dogs return to eat their vomit, just as fools repeat their foolishness.
The lesson in the Bible verse has been obtained from: Treasury Of Scripture
There are more bible verses closely related to this verse, which are:
2 Peter 2:22
Of them the proverbs are true: "A dog returns to its vomit," and, "A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud."Exodus 8:15
When Pharaoh saw there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.Proverbs 23:35
"They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?"Proverbs 26:10
Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passer-by.Proverbs 27:22
Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
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