Proverbs 11:22 “Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discr…”

Proverbs 11:22

Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

World English Bible

Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

American Standard Version

As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout, So is a fair woman that is without discretion.

Geneva Bible 1599

As a iewell of golde in a swines snoute: so is a faire woman, which lacketh discretion.

Darby Translation

A fair woman who is without discretion, is [as] a gold ring in a swine's snout.

Young's Literal Translation

A ring of gold in the nose of a sow — A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.

Bible in Basic English

Like a ring of gold in the nose of a pig, is a beautiful woman who has no sense.

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Cross references

“a jewel”

Proverbs 31:30 Nahum 3:4–6 2 Peter 2:22 Ezekiel 16:15–22 1 Peter 3:3 1 Peter 3:4

Proverbs 31:30 · BSB

Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

Nahum 3:4–6 · BSB

because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft.

2 Peter 2:22 · BSB

Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”

Ezekiel 16:15–22 · BSB

But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.

1 Peter 3:3 · BSB

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,

1 Peter 3:4 · BSB

but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.

“is without”

Proverbs 7:10 Proverbs 9:13

Proverbs 7:10 · BSB

Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.

Proverbs 9:13 · BSB

The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

Also

Genesis 24:47

Genesis 24:47 · BSB

Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.

23The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.

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