22 As a (A)ring of gold in a swine’s snout
So is a beautiful woman who lacks [a]discretion.
23 The desire of the righteous is only good,
But the (B)expectation of the wicked is wrath.
24 There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,
And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:22 Lit taste

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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