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20 An abomination of Yahweh are the crooked of heart,[a]
    but his delight are those with blameless ways.[b]
21 Rest assured,[c] the wicked will not go unpunished,
    but the offspring[d] of the righteous will escape.
22 A ring of gold in the snout of a pig
    is a woman who is beautiful but without discretion.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:20 Literally “crooked ones of heart”; “heart” may also be translated “mind”
  2. Proverbs 11:20 Literally “blameless ones of ways”
  3. Proverbs 11:21 Literally “Hand to hand”
  4. Proverbs 11:21 Or “seed”