II Peter · Chapter 2 King James Version

II Peter 2:22

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The Scripture

(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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)

Peter warned that false teachers would secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying the Lord who bought them, and would face swift destruction. He cited God's judgment on the fallen angels, the flood in Noah's day, and Sodom and Gomorrah as proof that the LORD knows how to deliver the godly and punish the unjust.

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Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 26:11

Related verses (shared words)

I John 5:20