Proverbs 11:22
As a ring of zahav in the snout of a chazir, 1 so is an isha yafah which is without ta'am (judgment, discretion). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 ta'avat tzaddikim is only tov, 1 but the tikveh of the resha'im is wrath. 1
Cross References
Genesis 24:47And I asked her, and said, Whose bat art thou? And she said, Bat Betuel Ben Nachor, the ben whom Milcah bore unto him: and I put the nezem upon her face, and the tzemidim upon her wrists.
Proverbs 9:13Aishes Kesilut (Dame Folly) is clamorous; 1 she is simple, and knoweth nothing. 1
Proverbs 31:30Chen (charm) is sheker (deceitful), and yofi (beauty) is fleeting; 1 but an isha Yirat Hashem (a G-d fearing wife), she shall be praised. 1
Nahum 3:4Because of the multitude of the harlotries of the alluring zonah, 1 the ba'alat keshafim (the mistress of sorceries), 1 that enslaveth Goyim through her prostitutions, 1 and mishpochot through her keshafim; 1
2 Peter 2:22The word of the true mashal (proverb) has overtaken them: KECHELEV SHAV AL KE'O + 2:22 Prov 26:11 (As a dog having returned to its own vomit), and a “chazir (swine) is washed only to wallow in the mud.”
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 →