Proverbs 26:11
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
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ASV
As a dog that returneth to his vomit, So is a fool that repeateth his folly.
KJV
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Matthew 12:45Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there; and the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So…
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Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”
It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,
If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”
Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
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Exodus 8:15When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
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Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.
When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”
11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. 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 of it, and vomits it up; he seems then to detest it and to be willing to part with it.
