2 Peter 2:20-22

New American Standard Bible

²⁰ For if, after they have ^(A)escaped the defilements of the world by ^(B)the knowledge of the ^(C)Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again ^(D)entangled in them and are overcome, ^(E)the last state has become worse for them than the first. ^21 (F)For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from ^(G)the holy commandment ^(H)handed on to them. ^22 [a]It has happened to them according to the true proverb, “^(I)A dog returns to its own vomit,” and, “A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.”