Proverbs 11:22
As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman that turneth aside from discretion.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
In Context
21My hand upon it! the evil man shall not be unpunished; but the seed of the righteous shall escape.
23The desire of the righteous is only good; but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Cross References
Genesis 24:47And I asked her, and said: Whose daughter art thou? And she said: The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore unto him. And I put the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands.
Proverbs 9:13The woman Folly is riotous; she is thoughtless, and knoweth nothing.
Proverbs 31:30Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
Nahum 3:4Because of the multitude of the harlotries of the well-favoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her harlotries, and families through her witchcrafts.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:22
21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. Observe, 1. That confederacies in sin shall certainly be broken, and shall not avail to protect the sinners: Though hand join in hand, though there are many that concur by their practice to keep wickedness in countenance, and engage to stand by one another in defending it against all the attacks of virtue and justice,—though they are in league for the support and propagation of it,—though wicked… Read the whole commentary →