Proverbs 11:22

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

A ring of gold in the nose of a pig, is a beautiful woman lacking discretion.

Latin

Circulus aureus in naribus suis, mulier pulchra et fatua.

Hebrew

English

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

Discretion is the skill to distinguish right from wrong, beauty from ugliness, and good taste from bad taste.

1 Peter 3:3–4
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,
Proverbs 31:30
Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
Nahum 3:4–6
…because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft.
2 Peter 2:22
Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
Proverbs 7:10
Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
Proverbs 9:13
The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
Genesis 24:47
Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
Ezekiel 16:15–22
But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.