22 As a (A)ring of gold in a pig’s snout
So is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

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22 A ring of gold in the snout of a pig
    is a woman who is beautiful but without discretion.

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

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22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

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An [a](A)excellent wife is the crown of her husband,
But she who shames him is like (B)rottenness in his bones.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:4 Or virtuous

A woman of strength[a] is the crown of her master,[b]
    but like rot in his bones is she who brings shame.

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  1. Proverbs 12:4 Or “honor”
  2. Proverbs 12:4 Or “lord, owner”

A wife of noble character(A) is her husband’s crown,
    but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.(B)

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A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

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Contrast of the Upright and the Wicked

14 The (A)wise woman builds her house,
But the foolish tears it down with her own hands.

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14 The wisest of women[a] builds her house,
    but the foolish tears it down with her hands.

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  1. Proverbs 14:1 Literally “wise ones of women”

14 The wise woman builds her house,(A)
    but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.

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14 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

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22 He who finds a (A)wife finds a good thing
And (B)obtains favor from the Lord.

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22 He who finds a wife[a] finds good,
    and he will obtain favor from Yahweh.

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  1. Proverbs 18:22 Or “woman”

22 He who finds a wife finds what is good(A)
    and receives favor from the Lord.(B)

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22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

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13 A (A)foolish son is destruction to his father,
And the (B)quarrels of a wife are a constant dripping.
14 House and wealth are an (C)inheritance from fathers,
But a prudent wife is from the Lord.

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13 A foolish child is a ruin to his father,
    and the quarreling of a woman[a] is a continuous dripping.
14 A house and wealth are an inheritance from fathers,
    but from Yahweh comes a woman[b] who is prudent.

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  1. Proverbs 19:13 Or “wife”
  2. Proverbs 19:14 Or “wife”

13 A foolish child is a father’s ruin,(A)
    and a quarrelsome wife is like
    the constant dripping of a leaky roof.(B)

14 Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,(C)
    but a prudent wife is from the Lord.(D)

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13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.

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It is better to live on a corner of a roof
Than [a]in a house shared with a contentious woman.

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  1. Proverbs 21:9 Lit with a woman of contentions and a house of association

Better to dwell on the corner of a roof
    than to share a house with a woman[a] of contention.

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  1. Proverbs 21:9 Or “wife”

Better to live on a corner of the roof
    than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.(A)

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It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

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19 (A)It is better to live in a desert land
Than with a contentious and irritating woman.

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19 Better to live in a land of wilderness
    than with a wife of quarrels and provocation.

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19 Better to live in a desert
    than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.(A)

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19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

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