Proverbs 11:22
20 The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.
21 Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
23 The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.
24 One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
- KJV
- As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
- WEB
- Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
- ASV
- [As] a ring of gold in a swine`s snout, [So is] a fair woman that is without discretion.
- DARBY
- A fair woman who is without discretion, is [as] a gold ring in a swine's snout.
- BLB
- A ring of gold in the nose of a pig, [is] a beautiful woman lacking discretion.
- ÅB
- Som en gullring i et svinetryne er en fager kvinne som er uten forstand.
- OTB
- Som en gullring i nesen på en gris, slik er en vakker kvinne som mangler diskresjon.
- B1930
- Som en gullring i et svinetryne er en fager kvinne som er uten forstand.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 3:3–4
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,
Read in contextProverbs 31:30
Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
Read in contextNahum 3:4–6
because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft.
Read in contextProverbs 7:10
Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
Read in context2 Peter 2:22
Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
Read in contextProverbs 9:13
The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
Read in contextGenesis 24:47
Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:15–22
But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.
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