Our Favorite Proverbs: Proverbs 11:22
by David Chadwick
"Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion." Proverbs 11:22
For a moment, can you picture a gold ring in a pig's snout? It's a sight that looks and sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? Well, that's because it is! In Proverbs 11:22, Solomon says, "Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion."
What a dramatic illustration! But it's true. Solomon makes the comparison of a beautiful woman without discretion and without personal character to a pig with a nose ring.
Do you know what discretion is? It's wisdom, shrewdness…
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