Proverbs 11:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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; Ezekiel 16:12), and still worn in the East.

Proverbs 11:22

22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is withoutf discretion.