Proverbs 11:22
A ring of gold in the nose of a sow—A beautiful woman and stubborn of behavior.
Literal Standard Version
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
21Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, || And the seed of the righteous has escaped.
23The desire of the righteous [is] only good, || The hope of the wicked [is] transgression.
Cross References
Genesis 24:47And I ask her, and say, Whose daughter [are] you? And she says, Daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah has borne to him, and I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands,
Proverbs 9:13A foolish woman [is] noisy, || Simple, and has not known what.
Proverbs 31:30Favor [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain, || A woman fearing YHWH, she may boast herself.
Nahum 3:4Because of the abundance of the fornications of a harlot, || The goodness of the grace of the lady of witchcrafts, || Who is selling nations by her fornications, || And families by her witchcrafts.
2 Peter 2:22and that of the true proverb has happened to them: “A dog turned back on his own vomit,” and, “A sow having bathed herself—to rolling in 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 →