Focused Passage

Proverbs 11:22

Integrity, Righteousness, and Community Life Under the LORD's Moral Order

The chapter moves through practical arenas of righteousness: commerce, humility, integrity, death and hope, speech, civic life, guidance, mercy, desire, generosity, household stewardship, and final moral recompense.

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22 Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

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Verse 22

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Like a gold זָ֭הָב H2091 Noun - masculine singular ring נֶ֣זֶם H5141 Noun - masculine singular construct in a pig’s חֲזִ֑יר H2386 Noun - masculine singular snout בְּאַ֣ף H639 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct [is] a beautiful יָ֝פָ֗ה H3303 Adjective - feminine singular woman אִשָּׁ֥ה H802 Noun - feminine singular who lacks וְסָ֣רַת H5493 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct discretion טָֽעַם׃ H2940 Noun - masculine singular

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