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2 Peter 2:22

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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.

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Proverbs 26:11

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11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

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Dog

  

In Isaiah 56:11, this signifies people who care for nothing but worldly and earthly things which cut off the internal spiritual man. (Arcana Coelestia 376[13]) The dogs which eat the flesh of Jezebel, signify cupidities or lusts.

A dog, as in Exodus 11:7, signifies the lowest all in the church as well as people who are without the church. It also signifies people who babble or prate much about the church but don't really know what they are saying.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 7784)