Proverbs 11:22

Proverbs chapter 11 · verse 22 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.21Thoughhandjoinin hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

v.22This passage

v.23The desire of the righteous is only good; Butthe expectation of the wicked is wrath.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 9:13

    The foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knoweth nothing.

  • 1 Peter 3:3

    Whoseadorninglet it not be the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on apparel;

  • Proverbs 31:30

    Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; Buta woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.

  • Ezekiel 16:15

    But thou didst trust in thy beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy whoredoms on every one that passed by; his it was.

  • Genesis 24:47

    And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands.

  • Nahum 3:4

    because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the well-favored harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.