Bible in Basic English
"Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again."
— Proverbs 26:11, Bible in Basic English
“As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.”
Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.
Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.
Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.
Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.
Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.
The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
A door is turned on its pillar, and the hater of work on his bed.