Proverbs 11:22
A ring of gold in the nose of a sow — A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.
Young's Literal Translation
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 hath escaped.
23The desire of the righteous [is] only good, The hope of the wicked [is] transgression.
Cross References
Genesis 24:47'And I ask her, and say, Whose daughter [art] thou? and she saith, Daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah hath 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 hath not known what.
Proverbs 31:30The grace [is] false, and the beauty [is] vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.
Nahum 3:4Because of the abundance of the fornications of an 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 happened to them hath that of the true similitude; 'A dog did turn back upon 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 →