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Proverbs 26:11-13
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 26:11-13
New Catholic Bible
11 As a dog returns to its vomit,[a]
so a fool reverts to his folly.
12 Do you know someone who regards himself as wise?[b]
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
A Portrait of Idlers[c]
13 The idler says, “There is a lion in the road,
a lion in the middle of the street.”[d]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:11 As a dog returns to its vomit: cited in 2 Pet 2:22 in regard to false teachers.
- Proverbs 26:12 Someone who regards himself as wise: this description is applied to the idler in verses 5, 16 and to the rich in Prov 28:11.
- Proverbs 26:13 The popular proverbs use sarcasm in their biting caricatures of idlers. The Book of Proverbs has collected numerous sayings about this subject (see note on Prov 6:6) and here others have been appended.
- Proverbs 26:13 See note on Prov 22:13.
