Like a dog that returns to its vomit, ¹  so a fool repeats his folly. ² 

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life’s breath ¹  returns to God who gave it.

They are illustrations of this true proverb: ¹  “A dog returns to its own vomit,” ²  and “A sow, after washing herself, ³  wallows in the mire.” ⁴ 

Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground; on that day their plans die. ¹ 

As for the one who repays ¹  evil for good, evil will not leave ²  his house. ³ 

Blessed is that slave ¹  whom his master finds at work ²  when he returns.

The wind goes to the south and circles around to the north; round and round ¹  the wind goes and on its rounds it returns. ² 

I will turn Mount Seir into a desolate ruin; ¹  I will cut off ²  from it the one who passes through or returns.

but if a priest’s daughter is a widow or divorced, and she has no children so that she returns to live in ¹  her father’s house as in her youth, ²  she may eat from her father’s food, but no lay person may eat it.

When it returns, ¹  it finds the house ²  swept clean and put in order. ³ 

Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to you saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive ¹  him.”

or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.

He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence ¹  know him ²  any more.

then his flesh is restored ¹  like a youth’s; he returns to the days of his youthful vigor. ² 

He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans ¹  and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head. ² 

Blessed is that slave whom the master finds at work ¹  when he comes.

“If the infection returns and breaks out in the house after he has pulled out the stones, scraped the house, and it is replastered, ¹ 

Then it says, ‘I will return to the home I left.’ ¹  When it returns, ²  it finds the house ³  empty, swept clean, and put in order. ⁴ 

“‘In this year of jubilee you must each return ¹  to your property.

For her ¹  benefit ²  is more profitable ³  than silver, and her ⁴  gain ⁵  is better ⁶  than gold.