Proverbs 11:22
As a ring of gold in the snout of a swine, is a woman of beauty who hath abandoned discretion.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, the expectation of the lawless, is wrath.
Cross References
Genesis 24:47Then I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said Daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom, Milcah, bare to him,—Then put I the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands;
Proverbs 9:13The woman Stupidity, is boisterous, so simple that she knoweth not what she would do;
Proverbs 31:30Deceitful is loveliness and vain is beauty, The woman that revereth Yahweh, she, shall be praised:
Nahum 3:4Because of the multitude of the unchaste doings of the unchaste one, fair in grace, mistress of secret arts,—who hath been selling nations by her unchaste doings, families by her secret arts,
2 Peter 2:22There hath befallen them the thing [spoken of] in the true proverb—A dog, turning back unto his own vomit, and—A sow, as soon as washed, unto wallowing 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 →