Proverbs 11:22

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 31:30 : 30 Fauour is deceitfull, and beautie is vanitie: but a woman that feareth the Lorde, she shall be praysed.
  • Ezek 16:15-22 : 15 Nowe thou didest trust in thine owne beautie, and playedst the harlot, because of thy renowme, and hast powred out thy fornications on euery one that passed by, thy desire was to him. 16 And thou didest take thy garments, & deckedst thine hie places with diuers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like thinges shall not come, neither hath any done so. 17 Thou hast also taken thy faire iewels made of my golde and of my siluer, which I had giuen thee, and madest to thy selfe images of men, and didest commit whoredome with them, 18 And tookest thy broydred garments, and coueredst them: and thou hast set mine oyle and my perfume before them. 19 My meate also, which I gaue thee, as fine floure, oyle, and honie, wherewith I fedde thee, thou hast euen set it before them for a sweete sauour: thus it was, saith the Lord God. 20 Moreouer thou hast taken thy sonnes and thy daughters, whome thou hast borne vnto me, and these hast thou sacrificed vnto them, to be deuoured: is this thy whoredome a small matter? 21 That thou hast slaine my children, and deliuered them to cause them to passe through fire for them? 22 And in all thine abominations and whoredomes thou hast not remembred the dayes of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.
  • Nah 3:4-6 : 4 Because of the multitude of the fornications of the harlot that is beautifull, and is a mistresse of witchcraft, & selleth the people thorow her whoredome, and the nations thorowe her witchcrafts. 5 Beholde, I come vpon thee, saith the Lorde of hostes, and will discouer thy skirtes vpon thy face, and will shewe the nations thy filthines, & the kingdomes thy shame. 6 And I will cast filth vpon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gasing stocke.
  • 1 Pet 3:3-4 : 3 Whose apparelling, let it not be that outwarde, with broyded heare, and golde put about, or in putting on of apparell: 4 But let it bee the hidde man of the heart, which consisteth in the incorruption of a meeke and quiet spirite, which is before God a thing much set by.
  • Gen 24:47 : 47 Then I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she answered, The daughter of Bethuel Nahors sonne, whom Milcah bare vnto him. Then I put the abillement vpon her face, and the bracelets vpon her hands:
  • Prov 7:10 : 10 And beholde, there met him a woman with an harlots behauiour, and subtill in heart.
  • Prov 9:13 : 13 A foolish woman is troublesome: she is ignorant, and knoweth nothing.
  • 2 Pet 2:22 : 22 But it is come vnto them, according to the true Prouerbe, The dogge is returned to his owne vomit: and, The sowe that was washed, to the wallowing in the myre.

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  • Prov 7:21-22
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    21Thus with her great craft she caused him to yeelde, and with her flattering lips she entised him.

    22And he followed her straight wayes, as an oxe that goeth to the slaughter, and as a foole to the stockes for correction,

  • Prov 31:30-31
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    30Fauour is deceitfull, and beautie is vanitie: but a woman that feareth the Lorde, she shall be praysed.

    31Giue her of the fruite of her hands, and let her owne workes prayse her in the gates.

  • Prov 6:24-26
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    24To keepe thee from the wicked woman, & from ye flatterie of ye tongue of a strange woman.

    25Desire not her beautie in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her eye lids.

    26For because of the whorish woman a man is brought to a morsell of bread, and a woman wil hunt for the precious life of a man.

  • Prov 3:14-16
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    14For the marchandise thereof is better then the marchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof is better then golde.

    15It is more precious then pearles: and all things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.

    16Length of dayes is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous is onely good: but the hope of the wicked is indignation.

  • Prov 9:13-14
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    13A foolish woman is troublesome: she is ignorant, and knoweth nothing.

    14But she sitteth at the doore of her house on a seate in the hie places of the citie,

  • Prov 23:27
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    27For a whore is as a deepe ditche, and a strange woman is as a narrowe pitte.

  • Prov 20:15
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    15There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lips of knowledge are a precious iewel.

  • Prov 12:4
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    4A vertuous woman is the crowne of her husband: but she that maketh him ashamed, is as corruption in his bones.

  • Prov 21:19-20
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    19It is better to dwell in the wildernesse, then with a contentious and angry woman.

    20In the house of the wise is a pleasant treasure and oyle: but a foolish man deuoureth it.

  • Prov 31:10
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    10Who shall finde a vertuous woman? for her price is farre aboue the pearles.

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26(7:28) And I finde more bitter then death the woman whose heart is as nettes and snares, and her handes, as bands: he that is good before God, shalbe deliuered from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.

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    11For wisdome is better then precious stones: and all pleasures are not to be compared vnto her.

  • Prov 27:15-16
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    15A continual dropping in the day of raine, and a contentious woman are alike.

    16He that hideth her, hideth the winde, & she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.

  • Prov 22:14
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    14The mouth of strage women is as a deepe pit: he with whom the Lord is angry, shall fall therein.

  • Prov 7:10-12
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    10And beholde, there met him a woman with an harlots behauiour, and subtill in heart.

    11(She is babling and loud: whose feete can not abide in her house.

    12Nowe she is without, nowe in the streetes, and lyeth in waite at euery corner)

  • Prov 11:16
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    16A gracious woman atteineth honour, and the strong men atteine riches.

  • Prov 5:3-4
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    3For the lippes of a strange woman drop as an honie combe, and her mouth is more soft then oyle.

    4But the end of her is bitter as wormewood, and sharpe as a two edged sworde.

  • Prov 25:11-12
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    11A word spoken in his place, is like apples of golde with pictures of siluer.

    12He that reprooueth the wise, and the obedient eare, is as a golden earering and an ornament of fine golde.

  • Prov 30:20
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    20Such is ye way also of an adulterous woman: she eateth and wipeth her mouth, and sayth, I haue not committed iniquitie.

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    3Whose apparelling, let it not be that outwarde, with broyded heare, and golde put about, or in putting on of apparell:

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    1A good name is to be chosen aboue great riches, and louing fauour is aboue siluer and aboue golde.

  • Prov 21:9
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    9It is better to dwell in a corner of the house top, then with a contentious woman in a wide house.

  • Prov 30:23
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    23For the hatefull woman, when she is married, & for a handmaid that is heire to her mistres.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is ye poore that walketh in his vprightnes, then he that abuseth his lips, & is a foole.

  • Prov 2:4
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    4If thou seekest her as siluer, & searchest for her as for treasures,

  • Prov 4:9
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    9She shal giue a comely ornamet vnto thine head, yea, she shal giue thee a crowne of glorie.

  • Ezek 16:32
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    32But as a wife that playeth the harlot, and taketh others for her husband:

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    17The golde nor the chrystall shall be equall vnto it, nor the exchange shalbe for plate of fine golde.

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    1A wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish destroyeth it with her owne handes.

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    21The rings and the mufflers,

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    12It is better for a man to meete a beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole in his follie.

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    33Thine eyes shall looke vpon strange women, and thine heart shall speake lewde things.

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    16Who so is simple, let him come hither, and to him that is destitute of wisedome, shee sayth also,

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    6She weigheth not the way of life: her paths are moueable: thou canst not knowe them.

  • Prov 5:20
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    20For why shouldest thou delite, my sonne, in a strange woman, or embrace the bosome of a stranger?