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Proverbs 11:22
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Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.
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Proverbs 11:22 in Other Translations
KJV
22
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
ESV
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Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.
NLT
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A beautiful woman who lacks discretion is like a gold ring in a pig’s snout.
MSG
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Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful face on an empty head.
CSB
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A beautiful woman who rejects good sense is like a gold ring in a pig's snout.
Proverbs 11:22 In-Context
20
The LORD detests those whose hearts are perverse, but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.
21
Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will go free.
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Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.
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The desire of the righteous ends only in good, but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.
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One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
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