THEOSISProverbs 11:22Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
A golden ring in a swine's snout, a woman fair and foolish.
נֶ֣זֶם זָ֭הָב בְּאַ֣ף חֲזִ֑יר אִשָּׁ֥ה יָ֝פָ֗ה וְסָ֣רַת טָֽעַם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Pet 3:3Whose adorning, let it not be the outward plaiting of the hair, or the wearing of gold, or the putting on of apparel:
- 1 Pet 3:4But the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptibility of a quiet and a meek spirit which is rich in the sight of God.
- Prov 31:30Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: the woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
- Nah 3:4Because of the multitude of the fornications of the harlot that was beautiful and agreeable, and that made use of witchcraft, that sold nations through her fornications, and families through her witchcrafts.
- Nah 3:6And I will cast abominations upon thee, and will disgrace thee, and will make an example of thee.
- Prov 7:10And behold a woman meeteth him in harlot's attire, prepared to deceive souls: talkative and wandering,
- Prov 9:13A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all,
- 2 Pet 2:22For, that of the true proverb has happened to them: The dog is returned to his vomit; and: The sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.