Proverbs 26:11
10 Like an archer who wounds at random, so is the one who hires a fool or hires any passerby. 11 Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly. 12 You have seen a man wise in his own opinion— there is more hope for a fool than for him. 13 The sluggard has said, “There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”
Sirach 4:21
Ben Sira, Ecclesiasticus20 Watch for the opportune time, and beware of evil, and do not be ashamed to be yourself. 21 For there is a shame that leads to sin, and there is a shame that is glory and favor. 22 Do not show partiality, to your own harm, or deference, to your downfall. 23 Do not refrain from speaking at the proper moment, and do not hide your wisdom.
LXX Proverbs 26:11a
9 Thorns grow in the hand of a drunkard, and bondage in the hand of the foolish. 10 All the flesh of fools suffer many things, for their entrancement is crushed. 11 As a dog when he comes upon his own vomit and becomes detestable, so is a fool who in his own wickedness returns to his own sin. 11 a There is a shame that brings on sin, and there is a shame that is glory and favor. 12 I saw a man who seemed wise to himself; however, a fool has more hope than he has.
Notes and References
"... LXX Proverbs 26:11a ... ἔστιν αἰσχύνη ἐπάγουσα ἁμαρτίαν,/καὶ ἔστιν αἰσχύνη δόξακαὶχάρις,“shame is bringing on sin, and shame is glory and grace.” This verse has found its way into the Septuagint of Proverbs from Sirach 4:21; there is no Hebrew text corresponding to it in Proverbs. To understand the rather paradoxical assertion of this verse, we need to remember that αἰσχύνη in Greek has both a negative and a positive meaning, namely “disgrace” and “(sense of) shame” or “modesty”. In the one sense it can be said to bring on sin, and in the other it can be said to be a person’s glory and grace. In its original context in Sirach the verse occurs at the beginning of a section (Sirach 4:20–28) devoted to true and false shame ..."
Wolters, Albert M. Septuagint Commentary Series: Proverbs (p. 250) Brill, 2020