Proverbs 11:22

jewel Rather, ring (R.V. marg.). The reference to the nosering, which Eastern women wore as an ornament, gives point to the proverb. See Genesis 24:47; Ezekiel 16:12, in both which places R.V. renders the same Heb. word, "a ring upon the nose."

discretion Lit. taste, which would seem to indicate the innate and instinctivecharacter of womanly purity. We have a good example of it, in the form of tact or perception, in the case of Abigail, the wife of Nabal the Carmelite, to whom David says, using the same Hebrew word, "blessed be thy advice (wisdom, R.V. text, discretion, marg.), and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness," 1 Samuel 25:33. Comp. αἴσθησις, "delicate perception, fine tact," Philippians 1:9, and note there in this Series.