22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: (A)“A dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.”

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22 [a]It has happened to them according to the true proverb, “(A)A dog returns to its own vomit,” and, “A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.”

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  1. 2 Peter 2:22 Lit The thing of the true proverb has happened to them

22 The thing spoken of in the true proverb has happened to them, “The dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “A sow is washed only to wallow [again] in the mire.”(A)

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22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,”[a](A) and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.”

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  1. 2 Peter 2:22 Prov. 26:11