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22 Like a golden ring in a swine’s snout
    is a beautiful woman without judgment.[a]
23 The desire of the just ends only in good;
    the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
24 One person is lavish yet grows still richer;
    another is too sparing, yet is the poorer.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 11:22 Ear and nose rings were common jewelry for women. A humorous saying on the priority of wisdom over beauty in choosing a wife.
  2. 11:24 A paradox: spending leads to more wealth.

22 Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout
    is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.

23 The desire of the righteous ends only in good,
    but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.

24 One person gives freely, yet gains even more;
    another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

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