"But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog {is} turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that…" — 2 Peter 2:22

2 Peter 2:22 · KJV

“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.”

— 2 Peter 2:22

Verse 21

For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known {it}, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

2 Peter 2 — Context

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known {it}, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

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.

Cross References

Proverbs 26:11

As a dog returneth to his vomit, {so} a fool returneth to his folly. {returneth to his folly: Heb. iterateth his folly}