Proverbs 11:22
20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
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
Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
Read in contextProverbs 31:30
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
Read in contextNahum 3:4–6
Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
Read in contextProverbs 7:10
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
Read in context2 Peter 2:22
But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Read in contextProverbs 9:13
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
Read in contextGenesis 24:47
And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:15–22
But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.
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