Proverbs 26:11
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Proverbs 26
7 songs meet this passage
“We're back and forth like a swingin' door”
I'm The Problem · Morgan Wallen
strains against Proverbs 26:11
The image of returning again and again to a destructive pattern mirrors this warning about repeating folly rather than breaking from it.
“But I keep comin' back like a revolvin' door”
Revolving door · Tate McRae
resonates with Proverbs 26:11
She names the very pattern Scripture warns against: returning to what harms, even while seeing it clearly.
“Swearin' this will be the last, but it probably won't”
Bad Habits · Ed Sheeran
resonates with Proverbs 26:11
The cycle of repeated vows and relapse mirrors this proverb's picture of returning to folly despite knowing better.
Style · Taylor Swift
strains against Proverbs 26:11
The image of returning repeatedly to what one already knows causes harm sits uneasily alongside a song whose whole logic is 'we crash, we come back, every time.' The cycle is romanticized here where Scripture treats it as folly.
“Run away, but we're running in circles”
Circles · Post Malone
resonates with Proverbs 26:11
The image of repeating a destructive pattern without escape mirrors this proverb's picture of returning to folly.
“Now I'm standin' back from it, I finally see the pattern”
New Rules · Dua Lipa
resonates with Proverbs 26:11
The imagery of returning to the same folly warns against exactly the cycle she's trying to break by naming the pattern out loud.
Love the Way You Lie (feat. Rihanna) · Eminem
resonates with Proverbs 26:11
The image of returning to the same destructive pattern, promise after broken promise, mirrors the proverb's blunt assessment of someone who keeps going back to what is harming them.
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