Proverbs 11:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman without good sense.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman who is without discretion.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

A beautiful and senseless woman is like a gold ring in the snout of a swine.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

A golden ring in a swine's snout, a woman fair and foolish.

Proverbs 11:22 Cross References

Genesis 24:47

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

Proverbs 11:21

Be assured, the wicked will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will escape.

Proverbs 12:4

A good wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 31:30

Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

Proverbs 7:10

Then a woman comes toward him decked out like a prostitute, with hidden intent.

Proverbs 9:13

The foolish woman is loud; she is ignorant and knows nothing.

2 Peter 2:22

It has happened to them according to the true proverb, “The dog turns back to its own vomit,” and, “The sow is washed only to wallow in the mud.”