Proverbs 11:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.”
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“Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Asa ring of gold in a swine’s snout, So isa fair woman that is without discretion.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A ring of gold in the nose of a sow--A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 11:22 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 24:47Then 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.
- Proverbs 7:10Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
- Proverbs 9:13The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
- Proverbs 12:4A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
- Proverbs 31:30Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
- Ezekiel 16:15But 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.
- Nahum 3:4because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft.
- 1 Peter 3:3Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,
- 2 Peter 2:22Of 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.”
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