Proverbs 11:22

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

(As) a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, (so is) a fair woman (which is) without discretion - literally, without (literally, turning aside from [ caarat (H5493)]) taste" [ Taa`am (H2940)], i:e., moral perception of what is pure and impure (Psalms 119:66). Women used to wear golden rings, or "nose-jewels" (Isaiah 3:21), in their noses. As the fair form of the impure or godless woman is compared to the "jewel of gold," so the impure woman herself to the filthy sow (2 Peter 2:22), in respect to her impure life, filthy lusts (Bochart), insatiableness, and stolidity. A sow, among the Egyptians, is the hieroglyphic for a fool (Gejer).