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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."

Chapter Outline

1. Peter warns of false teachers, showing the impiety and punishment both of them and their followers;
7. from which the godly shall be delivered, as Lot was out of Sodom;
10. and more fully describes the manners of those profane and blasphemous seducers.

Timeline

67 AD

Peter Writes his Second Letter

People

Balaam, Beor, Bosor, Noah, Noe, Peter

Places

Asia, Bithynia, Cappadocia, Galatia, Gomorrah, Pontus, Sodom

Topics

TRUE, Case, Described, Dirty, Dog, Example, Filth, Goes, Herself, Itself, Mire, Mud, Pig, Proverb, Returns, Roll, Rolling, Saying, Similitude, Sow, Turn, Turning, Turns, Vomit, Vomited, Wallow, Wallowing, Washed, Washing

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Parallel Verses

NASB: It has happened to them according to the true proverb, "A DOG RETURNS TO ITS OWN VOMIT," and, "A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire."

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.

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