Proverbs 11:22-23 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 11:22

By discretion here we must understand religion and grace, a true taste and relish (so the word signifies) of the honours and pleasures that attend an unspotted virtue; so that a woman without discretion is a woman of a loose and dissolute conversation; and then observe, 1. It is taken for granted here that beauty or comeliness of body is as a jewel of gold, a thing very valuable, and, where there is wisdom and grace to guard against the temptations of it, it is a great ornament, (Gratior est... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 11:23

This tells us what the desire and expectation of the righteous and of the wicked are and how they will prove, what they would have and what they shall have. 1. The righteous would have good, only good; all they desire is that it may go well with all about them; they wish no hurt to any, but happiness to all; as to themselves, their desire is not to gratify any evil lust, but to obtain the favour of a good God and to preserve the peace of a good conscience; and good they shall have, that good... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:22

As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout ,.... The allusion seems to be to the ringing of swine, to prevent their rooting up the earth; which is usually done by putting an iron ring into their snout; which is much more proper and suitable than a gold ring, or a jewel set in gold, which is very unbecoming such a creature; and is soon had to the dunghill, or to some miry place, and there defiled; so is a fair woman which is without discretion ; or, "has departed from taste" F25 וסרת ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:23

The desire of the righteous is only good ,.... Or, "what is good" F26 אך טוב "tantummodo bonum quid est", Michaelis; "tantum bonum", Cocceius; "nihil cupiunt quod bonum non sit", Mercerus; "tamen bonum quid", Gussetius, p. 39. ; only good is the object of it. His desire is to do good, and that only; though be does not always do what he would do: as he delights in the law of God, after the inward man; as he is a righteous, holy, and good man, and would be conformable thereunto,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 11:22

A jewel of gold in a swine's snout - That is, beauty in a woman destitute of good breeding and modest carriage, is as becoming as a gold ring on the snout of a swine. Coverdale translates thus: "A fayre woman without discrete maners, is like a ringe of golde in a swyne's snoute." In Asiatic countries the nose jewel is very common: to this the text alludes. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 11:3-31

The pricelessness of integrity We have here a view of the exceeding worth of moral integrity, or of righteousness; we see what, in the judgment of the wise, it will do for its possessor. It will— I. DIRECT HIS WAY . "The integrity of the upright shall guide them; …the righteousness of the perfect [ i.e. the upright] shall direct his way" ( Proverbs 11:3-5 ). And we read. ( Proverbs 10:9 ) that "he that walketh uprightly walketh surely." The man who honestly and earnestly... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 11:22

This is the first instance of direct "similitude" in the book. As a jewel [a ring] of gold in a swine's snout. The greatest incongruity is thus expressed. Women in the East wore, and still sometimes wear, a ring run through the nostril, and hanging over the mouth, so that it is necessary to hold it up when taking food. Such a nezem Abraham's servant gave to Rebekah ( Genesis 24:22 ; comp. Isaiah 3:21 ; Ezekiel 16:12 ). The Septuagint has ἐνώτιον , "an earring." So is a fair... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 11:22

Beauty ill set off The comparison of the gold ring in the swine's snout suggests the idea of glaring incongruity. And the like is the incongruity between beauty and impurity in woman. I. THE SOURCE OF OUR DELIGHT IN PHYSICAL BEAUTY IS THAT IT EXPRESSES MORAL WORTH . Philosophers have always found it impossible to define the beautiful as an object. Analysis at last results in this—that in every beautiful object we detect an analogy to some perception in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 11:23

(Comp. Proverbs 10:28 .) The desire of the righteous is only good. They want only what is just and honest, and therefore they obtain their wiches. The expectation of the wicked— that on which they set their hope and heart—is wrath ( Proverbs 11:4 ), is an object of God's wrath. Other commentators, ancient and modern, take the clause to imply that the wishes of evil men, animated by wrath and ill temper, are only satisfied by inflicting injuries on others. Delitzsch would translate ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 11:23

Wishes and hopes The wishes of the righteous are only good, for God prospers and fulfils them; but the hope of the wicked is extinguished in calamity (the wrath of God). I. WISHES AND HOPES HAVE A CERTAIN POWER TO FULFIL THEMSELVES . (See Mozley's fine sermon on this subject.) II. THE REGULATION OF THE WISHES IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF SELF - DISCIPLINE . III. TO WISH AND TO HOPE FOE NOTHING BUT THE BEST ( IN ACCORD ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 11:22

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 11:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 11:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 11:3-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 11:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 11:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 11:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 11:23

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