Proverbs 11:22
As a golden ring in a swine's snout, so is a handsome woman that hath thrown off discretion.
Leeser Tanakh
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: but the hope of the wicked is the wrath [of God].
Cross References
Genesis 24:47And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nachor's son, whom Milcah bore unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
Proverbs 9:13The woman of folly is noisy: she is simple, and knoweth not what [to do].
Proverbs 31:30False is grace, and vain is beauty: a woman only that feareth the Lord shall indeed be praised.
Nahum 3:4Because of the multitude of the lewd deeds of the harlot, that is rich in gracefulness, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her lewd deeds, 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 →