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New American Standard Bible (©1995)
As a ring of gold in a swine's snout So is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, so is a beautiful woman who lacks good taste. King James Bible
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion. Jump to Previous Occurrence
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Beautiful Behaviour Discretion Fair Gold Jewel Lacks Nose Pig Pig's Ring Sense Shows Sow Stubborn Swine's Turneth Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary Verse 22 By discretion here we must understand religion and grace, a true taste and relish (so the word signifies) of the honours and pleasures that attend an unspotted virtue; so that a woman without discretion is a woman of a loose and dissolute conversation; and then observe, 1. It is taken for granted here that beauty or comeliness of body is as a jewel of gold, a thing very valuable, and, where there is wisdom and grace to guard against the temptations of it, it is a great ornament, (Gratior est pulchro veniens de corpore virtus-Virtue appears peculiarly graceful when associated with beauty); but a foolish wanton woman, of a light carriage, is fitly compared to a swine, though she be ever so handsome, wallowing in the mire of filthy lusts, with which the mind and conscience are defiled, and, though washed, returning to them. 2. It is lamented that beauty should be so abused as it is by those that have not modesty with it. It seems ill-bestowed upon them; it is quite misplaced, as a jewel in a swine's snout, with which he roots in the dunghill. If beauty be not guarded by virtue, the virtue is exposed by the beauty. It may be applied to all other bodily endowments and accomplishments; it is a pity that those should have them who have not discretion to use them well. New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved. Alphabetical: a As beautiful discretion gold in is lacks Like no of pig's ring shows snout So swine's who woman Bible Browser | 
