Proverbs 11:22
Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 31:30 : 30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is fleeting. A woman who fears the LORD– she makes herself praiseworthy.
- Ezek 16:15-22 : 15 “‘But you trusted in your beauty and capitalized on your fame by becoming a prostitute. You offered your sexual favors to every man who passed by so that your beauty became his. 16 You took some of your clothing and made for yourself decorated high places; you engaged in prostitution on them. You went to him to become his. 17 You also took your beautiful jewelry, made of my gold and my silver I had given to you, and made for yourself male images and engaged in prostitution with them. 18 You took your embroidered clothing and used it to cover them; you offered my olive oil and my incense to them. 19 As for my food that I gave you– the fine flour, olive oil, and honey I fed you– you placed it before them as a soothing aroma. That is exactly what happened, declares the Sovereign LORD. 20 “‘You took your sons and your daughters whom you bore to me and you sacrificed them as food for the idols to eat. As if your prostitution was not enough, 21 you slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols. 22 And with all your abominable practices and prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, kicking around in your blood.
- Nah 3:4-6 : 4 Taunt against the Harlot City“Because you have acted like a wanton prostitute– a seductive mistress who practices sorcery, who enslaves nations by her harlotry, and entices peoples by her sorcery– 5 I am against you,” declares the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.“I will strip off your clothes! I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms; 6 I will pelt you with filth; I will treat you with contempt; I will make you a public spectacle.
- 1 Pet 3:3-4 : 3 Let your beauty not be external– the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes– 4 but the inner person of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
- Gen 24:47 : 47 Then I asked her,‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied,‘The daughter of Bethuel the son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to Nahor.’ I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
- Prov 7:10 : 10 Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.
- Prov 9:13 : 13 The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything.
- 2 Pet 2:22 : 22 They are illustrations of this true proverb:“A dog returns to its own vomit,” and“A sow, after washing herself, wallows in the mire.”
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- Prov 7:21-222 verses73%
21 She turned him aside with her persuasions; with her smooth talk she was enticing him along.
22 Suddenly he was going after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare
- Prov 31:30-312 verses73%
30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is fleeting. A woman who fears the LORD– she makes herself praiseworthy.
31 Give her credit for what she has accomplished, and let her works praise her in the city gates.
- Prov 6:24-263 verses72%
24 by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.
25 Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;
26 for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.
- Prov 3:14-163 verses72%
14 For her benefit is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies, and none of the things you desire can compare with her.
16 Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
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23 The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
- Prov 9:13-142 verses72%
13 The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything.
14 And she has sat down at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
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27 for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.
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15 There is gold, and an abundance of rubies, but words of knowledge are like a precious jewel.
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4 A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.
- Prov 21:19-202 verses71%
19 It is better to live in the wilderness than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman.
20 There is desirable treasure and olive oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person devours all he has.
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10 The Wife of Noble Character Who can find a wife of noble character? For her value is far more than rubies.
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26 I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.
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11 For wisdom is better than rubies, and desirable things cannot be compared to her.
- Prov 27:15-162 verses71%
15 A continual dripping on a rainy day– a contentious wife makes herself like that.
16 Whoever contains her has contained the wind or can grasp oil with his right hand.
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14 The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.
- Prov 7:10-123 verses71%
10 Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.
11 (She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home–
12 at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)
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16 A generous woman gains honor, and ruthless men seize wealth.
- Prov 5:3-42 verses71%
3 For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,
4 but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
- Prov 25:11-122 verses70%
11 Like apples of gold in settings of silver, so is a word skillfully spoken.
12 Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to the ear of the one who listens.
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20 This is the way of an adulterous woman: she has eaten and wiped her mouth and has said,“I have not done wrong.”
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3 Let your beauty not be external– the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes–
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1 A good name is to be chosen rather than great wealth, good favor more than silver or gold.
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9 It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
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23 under an unloved woman who becomes married, and under a female servant who dispossesses her mistress.
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1 Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.
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4 if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,
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9 She will place a fair garland on your head; she will bestow a beautiful crown on you.”
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32 “‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!
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17 Neither gold nor crystal can be compared with it, nor can a vase of gold match its worth.
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1 Every wise woman has built her household, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.
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21 rings, nose rings,
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12 It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.
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33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things.
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17 For God deprived her of wisdom, and did not impart understanding to her.
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16 “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding she has said,
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6 Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths have wandered, but she is not able to discern it.
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20 But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?