Proverbs 11:22
Like a gold ring in a pig's nose 1 is a beautiful woman without discretion. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 desires of righteous people result in good, 1 but wicked people can only hope for wrath. 1
Cross References
Genesis 24:47I asked her and said, 'Whose daughter are you?' She said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milkah bore to him.' Then I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her arms.
Proverbs 9:13The woman of foolishness is ignorant; 1 she is untaught and knows nothing. 1
Proverbs 31:30Elegance is deceptive, beauty is vain, 1 but a woman who fears Yahweh, she will be praised. 1
Nahum 3:4This is happening because of the lustful actions of the beautiful prostitute, the expert in witchcraft, 1 who sells nations through her prostitution, and peoples through her acts of witchcraft. 1
2 Peter 2:22This proverb is true for them: “A dog returns to its own vomit, and a washed pig returns to 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 →