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2 Peter 2:22 KJV
2 Peter · chapter 2 · verse 22
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 · King James Version
2 Peter 2:22 in context
20For 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.
21For 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.
22But 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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Key words (Strong's)
- happenedsymbainōto walk with the feet near together, to come together, meet with one, of things which…G4819 →
- proverbparoimiaa saying out of the usual course or deviating from the usual manner of speaking, a…G3942 →
- turnedepistrephōtransitively, to turn to, to the worship of the true God, to cause to return, to bring…G1994 →
- washedlouōto bathe, wash, of a dead person, washing to cleanse blood out of woundsG3068 →
- truealēthēstrue, loving the truth, speaking the truth, truthfulG227 →
- dogkyōna dog, metaph. a man of impure mind, an impudent manG2965 →
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The apostle's design being to warn us of, and arm us against, seducers, he now returns to discourse more particularly of them, and give us an account of their character and conduct, which abundantly justifies the righteous Judge of the world in reserving them in an especial manner for the most severe and heavy doom,…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-22