Pro 11:22 | NET2full | STEP | Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion .

Proverbs 11:22

22 Like ^{▼▼tn The proverb makes a comparison by means of a verbless clause; the words “like… is…” are added in English for the sake of style.} a gold ring in a pig’s snout
is a beautiful woman who rejects ^{▼▼tn Heb “turns away [from].”} discretion. ^{▼▼tn Heb “taste.” The term can refer to physical taste (Exod 16:31), intellectual discretion (1 Sam 25:33), or ethical judgment (Ps 119:66). Here it probably means that she has no moral sensibility, no propriety, no good taste.} ^{▼▼sn By means of the parallelism, one who rejects discretion is like a swine. If that person has beauty, its value is wasted on and overshadowed by their “piggishness.”}