Proverbs 11:22

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 31:30 : 30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
  • Ezek 16:15-22 : 15 But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was. 16 And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so. 17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them, 18 And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them. 19 My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD. 20 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, 21 That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them? 22 And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days 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 whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. 5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. 6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
  • 1 Pet 3:3-4 : 3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
  • Gen 24:47 : 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 earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
  • Prov 7:10 : 10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
  • Prov 9:13 : 13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
  • 2 Pet 2:22 : 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 7:21-22
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    21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

    22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

  • Prov 31:30-31
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    30Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

    31Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

  • Prov 6:24-26
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    24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

    25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

    26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

  • Prov 3:14-16
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    14For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

    15She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

    16Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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

    14For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

  • Prov 23:27
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    27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

  • Prov 20:15
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    15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

  • Prov 12:4
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    4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

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

    20There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

  • Prov 31:10
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    10Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

  • Prov 8:11
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    11For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

  • Prov 27:15-16
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    15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

    16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

  • Prov 22:14
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    14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

  • Prov 7:10-12
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    10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

    11She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

    12Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

  • Prov 11:16
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    16A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.

  • Prov 5:3-4
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    3For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

    4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

  • Prov 25:11-12
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    11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

    12As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

  • Prov 30:20
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    20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

  • 1 Pet 3:3
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    3Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

  • Prov 22:1
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    1A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

  • Prov 21:9
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    9It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

  • Prov 30:23
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    23For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Prov 2:4
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    4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

  • Prov 4:9
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    9She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

  • Ezek 16:32
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    32But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!

  • Job 28:17
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    17The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.

  • Prov 14:1
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    1Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

  • Isa 3:21
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    21The rings, and nose jewels,

  • Prov 17:12
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    12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

  • Prov 23:33
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    33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

  • Job 39:17
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    17Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

  • Prov 9:16
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    16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

  • Prov 5:6
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    6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

  • Prov 5:20
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    20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?