Proverbs 11:22
As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, 1 So is a fair woman which is without discretion. 1
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
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
23The desire of the righteous is only good: 1 But the expectation of the wicked is wrath. 1
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 bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
Proverbs 9:13A foolish woman is clamorous: 1 She is simple, and knoweth nothing. 1
Proverbs 31:30(ש) Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: 1 But a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. 1
Nahum 3:4Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, 1 The mistress of witchcrafts, 1 That selleth nations through her whoredoms, 1 And families through her witchcrafts. 1
2 Peter 2:22But 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.
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 →