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The most direct proverb, in the sense of “similitude,” which has
as yet met us.
JEWEL OF GOLD - Better, ring; i. e., the nose-ring Genesis 24:22,
Genesis 24:47; Isaiah 3:
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CHAPTER 11 THE CONTRAST CONTINUED
The continued contrast in this chapter between the righteous and the
wicked contains many precious gems, sweet to faith and wholesome for
instruction. In the second v...
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PROVERBS 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found
in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27 is represented by a further group
(Proverbs 11:2;...
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JEWEL. a nose-jewel, worn by women. See Genesis 24:47; Isaiah 3:21.
FAIR. beautiful....
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_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. ren...
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AS A JEWEL OF GOLD, &C.— See Job 42:11. The meaning is, "As a jewel
of gold would be ill placed in the snout of a swine, which is always
raking in the mire; so is beauty ill bestowed on a woman, whose...
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TEXT Proverbs 11:22-31
22.
As a ring of gold in a swine's snout,
So is a fair woman that is without discretion.
23.
The desire of the righteous is only good;
But the expectation of the wicked is...
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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, witho...
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A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his
delight. Under this prohibition of "a false balance" is forbidden all
fraud, by whatsoever suns of deception it may be committed,...
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A gold ring was and still is worn by Oriental women, depending from
the right nostril to the mouth....
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1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs
20:10; Amos 8:5)....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 11
V1 God hates false measurements.
God loves honest measurements.
v
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Solomon uses humour in this verse. Solomon and his nation hated pigs.
Everybody in Israel believed that pigs were unholy animals. The people
never ate pig meat (Leviticus 11:7).
An ugly pig does not...
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AS A JEWEL OF GOLD IN A SWINE’S SNOUT. — Rather, _a nose-ring_ run
through the right nostril and hanging down over the mouth; a female
ornament used from the earliest times (Genesis 24:47; Isaiah 3:21...
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נֶ֣זֶם זָ֭הָב בְּ אַ֣ף חֲזִ֑יר
אִשָּׁ֥ה יָ֝פָ
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CHAPTER 12
GOODNESS
"The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6
"An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, and he who goes
right in his way is the abomination of t...
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Verse Proverbs 11:7. The antithesis of this proverb is between the
condition described and that of one not described, that is to say, the
expectation or hope of the wicked lies wholly on this side of...
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_Foolish. Beauty, without prudence, leads to ruin, as ornaments are
ill bestowed on swine. The women in the east sometimes wore rings in
their noses, (Genesis xxiv. 22.; Calmet) or hanging down upon t...
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A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches. The
merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel
troubleth his own flesh. The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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[AS] A JEWEL OF GOLD IN A SWINE'S SNOUT,.... The allusion seems to be
to the ringing of swine, to prevent their rooting up the earth; which
is usually done by putting an iron ring into their snout; wh...
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Proverbs 11:22 [As] a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, [so is] a fair
woman which is without discretion.
Ver. 22. As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout.] It is a small
praise, saith one, to have a g...
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_As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout_ Which would not adorn the
swine, but only be disparaged itself; _so is a fair woman without
discretion_ Who disgraceth the beauty of her body by a foolish and
f...
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V. 22. AS A JEWEL OF GOLD IN A SWINE'S SNOUT, a nose-ring such as is
worn in the Orient, SO IS A FAIR WOMAN WHICH IS WITHOUT DISCRETION,
without a sense of propriety and modesty, her beauty correspond...
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IS WITHOUT:
_ Heb._ departeth from...
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10-31 This is the description of a virtuous woman of those days, but
the general outlines equally suit every age and nation. She is very
careful to recommend herself to her husband's esteem and affec...
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AS A JEWEL OF GOLD IN A SWINE'S SNOUT; which would not adorn the
swine, but only be disparaged itself. It was the custom of some of the
Jews to wear jewels upon their noses, and some of their neighbou...
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Proverbs 11:22 ring H5141 gold H2091 swines H2386 snout H639 lovely
H3303 woman H802 lacks H5493 (H8802) discreti
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FURTHER CONTRASTS BETWEEN THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS (PROVERBS
11:15).
In this subsection we again have the continual contrast between the
righteous, the gracious, the merciful and the blamele...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The ways of righteousness are plain and safe and in them
we may enjoy a holy security. The ways of wickedness are dangerous...
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Proverbs 11:1. _A false balance is an abomination to the Lord._ A
dishonest tradesman here receives a hard stroke. Though his weight be
but little short of the standard; yet by using it a thousand tim...
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_As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is
without discretion._
A GOOD THING IN A BAD PLACE
The Jews regarded the pig as an unclean animal. The heathen around
worshipped the...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 11:22_
PRECIOUS THINGS POSSESSED BY UNWORTHY OWNERS
I. THERE IS AN ANALOGY BETWEEN GOLD AND BEAUTY.
1. _They are both gifts from God_. Whether a man possesses gold by
in...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 11:1
A FALSE BALANCE; literally, _balances of deceit _(Proverbs 20:23). The
repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13,...
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Shall we turn now in Proverbs to the eleventh chapter.
Now we have come in the Proverbs to individual little sayings of
wisdom. Each one is separate and complete in itself and unrelated to
the next. S...
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1 Peter 3:3; 1 Peter 3:4; 2 Peter 2:22; Ezekiel 16:15; Nahum 3:4;...
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So is a fair woman without discretion —
"Of beauty vain, of virtue void, What art thou in the sight of God? A
slave to every base desire, A creature wallowing in the mire. Go,
gaudy pageant of a day,...