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Proverbs 11:22
22A beautiful woman who lacks discretion is like a gold ring in a pig’s snout.
Proverbs 11:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
- New International Version (NIV)Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.
- New King James Version (NKJV)As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout, So is a lovely woman who lacks discretion.
Context of Proverbs 11:22
20The Lord detests people with crooked hearts, but he delights in those with integrity. 21Evil people will surely be punished, but the children of the godly will go free. A beautiful woman who lacks discretion is like a gold ring in a pig’s snout. 23The godly can look forward to a reward, while the wicked can expect only judgment. 24Give freely and become more wealthy; be stingy and lose everything.
Read all of Proverbs 11Proverbs 11:22 word by word
נֶ֣זֶם זָ֭הָב בְּאַ֣ף חֲזִ֑יר אִשָּׁ֥ה יָ֝פָ֗ה וְסָ֣רַת טָֽעַם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 11:22
- Proverbs 31:30Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last; but a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised.
- Ezekiel 16:15“But you thought your fame and beauty were your own. So you gave yourself as a prostitute to every man who came along. Your beauty was theirs for the asking.
- Nahum 3:4All this because Nineveh, the beautiful and faithless city, mistress of deadly charms, enticed the nations with her beauty. She taught them all her magic, enchanting people everywhere.
- 1 Peter 3:3Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes.
- 2 Peter 2:22They prove the truth of this proverb: “A dog returns to its vomit.” And another says, “A washed pig returns to the mud.”
- Proverbs 7:10The woman approached him, seductively dressed and sly of heart.
- Proverbs 9:13The woman named Folly is brash. She is ignorant and doesn’t know it.
Commentaries on Proverbs 11:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22A jewel of gold in a swine's snout - That is, beauty in a woman destitute of good breeding and modest carriage, is as becoming as a gold ring on the snout of a swine. Coverdale translates thus: "A fayre woman without discrete maners, is like a ringe of golde in a swyne's snoute." In Asiatic countries the nose jewel is very common: to this the text alludes.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22The most direct proverb, in the sense of “similitude,” which has as yet met us. Jewel of gold - Better, ring; i. e., the nose-ring Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:47; Isaiah 3:21. Without discretion - literally, “without taste,” void of the subtle tact and grace, without which mere outward beauty is as ill-bestowed as the nose-ring in the snout of the unclean beast. If we may assume that in ancient Syria, as in modern Europe, swine commonly wore such a ring to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22Verse 22 Beauty is abused by those who have not discretion or modesty with it. This is true of all bodily endowments.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22Discretion is the skill to distinguish right from wrong, beauty from ugliness, and good taste from bad taste.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. Jewels were often suspended from the nose (Ge 24:47; Is 3:21). Thus adorned, a hog disgusts less than a fair and indiscreet woman.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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