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Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard
    is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10 Like an archer who wounds everybody
    is he who hires a passing fool or drunkard.[a]
11 Like a dog that returns to his vomit
    is a fool that repeats his folly.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:10 The Hebrew text of this verse is uncertain

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